Ten Dollars Reward. RANAWAY from the Subscriber the 15th November 1811, a Negro man by the name of NED, thinly clothed, nothing more than a shirt & overalls, & a white wool hat; he is about five feet 10 inches high, stoops as he walks, and is lame in his left hip, slow of speech, has lost all his fore teeth, and has very thick lips. The said Negro was born and raised in the county of Chatham, by a man of the name of Avent; he is at this time in the said person who will apprehend said Negro, bring him to me or put him in some goal, so that I get him, shall receive a reward of Ten Dollars, and all reasonable expences shall be paid. JAMES OATES. Sampson County, Bixruns Swamp, 9 miles from the C.H. Jan. 20, 1813.}
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| Name | Role in document |
|---|---|
| Avent | Former slaveholder |
| James Oates | Placing Ad |
| Ned | Slave |
| James Oates | Slaveholder |
