$50 Reward.
RANAWAY from the Subscriber, on Sunday night, the 15th inst. my negro man
ALLEN,
About 6 feet high, well made, 34 years old, and has a crooked knee occasioned by a white swelling when a boy. He probably may be lurking in the neighborhood of R.D. Hart's plantation where he has a wife, or in the lower part of Halifax county where he has an extensive acquaintance. The above reward will be paid for his apprehension, if delivered to me in Edgecombe county, or confined in any jail so that I get him again. All persons are cautioned against harboring or carrying off said negro under penalty of the law.
Ed.[Edward] L. Moore.
January 18, 1836.
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