<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><notice xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><NoticeID>896</NoticeID><Headline>Twenty dollars reward</Headline><NoticeDate>1802-11-30T00:00:00</NoticeDate><PublisherInfo><PublisherName>Raleigh, N.C. : Raleigh Register and North Carolina Weekly Advertiser</PublisherName><NewspaperName>Raleigh Register and North Carolina Weekly Advertiser, 1799-1840</NewspaperName><PublisherCity>Raleigh</PublisherCity><PublisherCounty>Wake</PublisherCounty><PublisherState>NC</PublisherState></PublisherInfo><Transcript>Twenty Dollars Reward. RAN AWAY FROM the Subscriber, on the 16th inst. a Mulatto Man named Alston, 27 Years of Age, about 5 Feet 10 Inches high, stoop shouldered, short black hair; and bow-legged.  He has a large Scar on the top of the right Foot, occasioned by the Cut of an Axe.  He is a Shoemaker by Trade, but can turn his Hand to any Kind of Business.  He is a cunning, artful Fellow, and will now Doubt attempt to pass as a free Man; had on when he left me, a mixed Cloth Coat, and a light grey loose Coat, with a Variety of other Cloathing, and generally wears Shoe Boots. Any Person who will apprehend said Mulatto Man, and return him to me or secure him so that I get him again, shall receive the above Reward, together with all reasonable Charges. LEWIS CANNON. Pitt County, 22d Nov. 1802.</Transcript><StateCode>NC</StateCode><CountyCode>WAK</CountyCode><CountyOfPublication>Wake</CountyOfPublication><NewspaperPageNumber>3</NewspaperPageNumber><Destinations /><DatesOfDeparture><string>11/16/1802</string></DatesOfDeparture><People><NoticePerson><Name>Lewis Cannon</Name><Role>Placing Ad</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Alston</Name><Role>Slave</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Lewis Cannon</Name><Role>Slaveholder</Role></NoticePerson></People><CityOfResidence /><CountyOfResidence>Pitt</CountyOfResidence><StateOfResidence>NC</StateOfResidence></notice>