20 Dollars Reward. Proclamation of Outlawry. State of North Carolina, Onslow County. BY Christopher Dudley and John Spicer, Esquires, two of the Justices of the Peace for the said County. Whereas complaint hath been this day made to us, by John Fullwood of the said County, that a certain Negro Slave belonging to him, named CUFF, hath absented himself from his said master's service, and is lurking about in the County, committing many acts of felony. These are therefore, in the name of the state, to command the said slave Cuff forthwith to surrender himself and return home to his said master. And we do hereby also require the Sheriff of the said county of Onslow, to make diligent search and pursuit after the above mentioned slave, and him having found, to apprehend and secure so that he may be conveyed to his said master, or otherwise discharged as the law directs. And the said Sheriff is hereby empowered to raise and take with him such power of his county as he shall think fit, for apprehending the said slave. And we do hereby by virtue of an Act of Assembly of this state concerning servants and slaves, intimate and declare, if the said slave Cuff does not surrender himself and return home, immediatley after the publication of these presents, that any person may kill and destroy the said slave, by such means as he or they may think fit, without accusation or impeachment of any crime or offence for so doing, or without incurring any penalty or forfeiture thereby. Given under our hands and seals this 22nd day of January 1807, and in the 31st year of the independence of the said state. Christopher Dudley, (Seal) John Spicer, (Seal)
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| Name | Role in document |
|---|---|
| Christopher Dudley (Seal) | Placing Ad |
| John Spicer (Seal) | Placing Ad |
| Cuff | Slave |
| John Fullwood | Slaveholder |
