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'... J e? AMRIlJlllVlRNT nF all'the ACTS
. 5jT . ASSEMBLY of this State in Force andUfe: alpha-1 " V V t Blackledre', thafa Negro2a.Maxned i, about thir
r beticaliyvdigeiled, 'down to the Time: of publilhing die 4 ty Years of age, is a New-Negro; aiidcaks boken EngHfh,
k jy RICHARD kLUS and ALEXANDER GASTON; Effo
VP v ' tWdoi thejuftices fbr tbeiH Goanty. ; V
of I W t WT? RRA & Cnni Dlain t hath" bee n 'made to tis 1 1 h v PUl j
Knnlf. . . . . i he is ahoa
- . . . mL- ff,.,VA. . r ,and'has Ihaf
- Aa"cxaaTab!e,- Marginal Notes arid References; (hewing eea Year old, is Black, ratherNodnee'd, and well
tlk T,m. nfLiTuh, mrtirnhr L. nnd .he Chan- of.hu jagei belonging, to thete of Tin. orb y Clear, dece&
ters, as printed -at laige in the revifed Body of Laws of?" YaidEila
t- tuts State. r. - : X- one Year bbtfrpf which NegJoe$l'ihined!atelxan Way";
. C O N D I T ION S, . V; has never ilnce furrendeied,
ift. That the Boolc.will be printed in Jarge O&avo, cnv-
jrood .American raner. and a bcautitul new 1 vpe
d -Thsr it will contain about en Paces: ilcatlv bound; b- laking;about committing many Ads ot Fe.lcny
tvhl e Tset "fix Txiches" f fighHof a Yellowih jColour,
llpffdedf Teeth, alVoV Nerollad named Btirr. abouJ
ir old, is Black, rather Nock K.need. and well t4ows
Were hired by faid BlactleJgfi of the Adminiftratcri
ate, oit or about, the iarh Day of February 1777,' fc.
and delivered to tie Subfctibers at three iJoilirs each, one,
of whxh Dollars to be pa'id at the Time of lUblcnbing.r - f
ik will be but tb Prcls as fodn as 7
fortieitime after returned quite .afced, and beins; Cloathed im.
xnecl:at.eiy run away again, Do:n waicn'iNegroes are lupppledia
d. That the 'Voi
Subfcribersappear.
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To
30 W
Thefe aretherefore to command the fald Slaves forthwith
furrender themTelves, and 'return heme to' their :faidlmafler'
Andlwe do alfo require the Sheriff of the faid'Countv of Cr,ri
THE - PUBLIC
rm H E Ufefuincfs uf.a Work of ihts Sort muft forciBIy
. ltrike eveiy heiion uje ieuit conveiiaiu witn iJulinels,
rveh'ta make dihaebt benrch' and ruriutt afrer the fairi Si an...
. ! af.d theni having found, tc(apprehend and fecure, fo that thj4
ina oe conveyed to tneir laiq maitcr, or oifterwile dilcharget
as the Law directs. And the (aid Sheriff i$ here by imbbvertd
toraifa and take' with him fuch Power of his County as he fhall
think fit. for annrehenHintr thp CnA Sfavtfc Afirl wp Kb..
as an aipriireticai iviaciv uwi uvi; mc .iiuuuic "uu.um3 b by virtue ol.an Act of Alfsmbly of this Province concern.
. over a yoiuminous ioliOanJ preictu tne.Kcaaer witn vvnat Iug Servants and Slaved intimate and declareif the faid Slavei
, he wants; to Know, at.w
' portable, and convenient
.foe Jiurirsfbr the Encoura
ii-rior-'nrr and allurtS tllCi
r the Performance -ufefui.-. W'ieri the enormous Price to . or-OiFche for fo doing, or without; incurring any Peaaityi;
Which every Article of. Life is now rifen is conflderedJ he Forfeiture thereby. f - - . ' J :,.. :Uj-' "
Iiopes tne fuolic win. not minx. iiirecLcnars roo nign,
" ncr th'ePayment cf one of -them at the Time of Sublchp-
z v ie-w j jjenaes. us oeing more doth not lurrender themfelves, and return homeimmediate'ly
for Uie.-.; The Subfciiber. there- after tHe publication of thefe prcfents, -that then any Perfon
qeaient of the Public to this Up- rnaykill or detlroy the faid Slaves; by fuch Means as lienor they
tion, unrtafcnable.
-. He
..the fubl
becseave, as) he is now follici ing the Favouj cf
blic cn another l'ubl;C3ticii, to return them his moll
finrere T-harks for their great Encouragement to his former
- Labours, h;s;Revifal cfthe Laws, and Oifice of . a Juf-:-
fice, luvinc haU a lapid ialv:, theie being but few of them
now left cn Hand; .As He is how detached from the jjer
' vice of the Pubhc as Printer to tne State, -in -which honour
able Service he has laboured Twenty Eight Years',' he is quite
"at Leifure;"j and if properly encouraged, : will publiih the
Book with ail imaginable. Expedition. . J :
, JAMES DA VIS;
Subferption Papers ae taken in at cne' Printing 'Office 'in
Ntubirn. and . bufclcripucn rapers wui dc lem 10 mc
; CjIV.EN under bur Hands and .Sealsi this 26th Day of Juru,
. i7Jt nd in the firft. Year or bur Independence 1 .
I I '.. RICHARD ELLIS
: i alex.-Gaston.
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, N. B. Whoever apprehends the; faid Negroes, and carries
them to the Salt Works, at Core So rid, or: '; fecures them ia
Newbern goali lhali have for each cf them four DollarsVVand
charges paid. . .':'r i. : ? ' . v
all reaiohable
.rat Counties ot. the Mate, ot wnicn r uonc iouce wi
given, in tins Paper:
eve
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,. . :ti -. WlLMiNtyiON, "Junezii l777L '
RUN away from, the Subfcriber ia Wilmington, rne firft of
'May lattyia-.Ncro Siavc named BEiN, a'iou: 22 Years of
t Aef 5-Htet ,6 oriJ Inches hi; Uout and well wade, Uiks
well, Is artful and cunning, and perhaps will alter his Name.;
. Jiad.n when "he went away an oid Plat, blue Javke', Ofaabrigs
.Troufcrs, l.iit as he .had other Cloihss, he ma cnangehis
-"Drefr. The a"b'ove Negro was-. pGrchafed by the Subicriber; in
; Decelir la'l cfX"oJ. William Taycr, whu hid him cf Col.
MxxxJ Tajlcrt-in Mecklenburg Count), Virginia, andjhe had Him
.of CoV'Jobn IMhans, in Granville Count;, .and icjis likelyj he
is- gone towards. iome! of the ab ve hlaces, or that he is. har
boured up the North Eajl of Cape Fear, or an the Sound. .Who
ever take up a:id Kcuret tht-ria-.d aiave, fo that his Mafter gets
him, mall h art vTe'n Ddlan Reward, ir taken" iajhis State, and
i out,of:ft Ten.-P tuna's', aai refon,ble Chrges,.pu Delivery. lo
WILLIAM WlL,tUN5qN4
RICHARD fiLACKLEDGE.
. f' To le SOLD h 'the Subfcriferi P
'TTHE pleafant and valuable Plantation he lives on; with tfa
JL I Crop of Corn, &c. now growine. Alfo a fine St.nckof
Cattle and Ho: fes, Plantation Tools and a Variety of Houfc.
hold and Kitchen Furniture, a few. good Blankets, Sheets and
hne 1 able Linen, 06ia : Ware, : Quart -Bottles,. fomeWoot,
'Flax, and excellent new Clover Hay:i alfo a Variety ofiBocki
in Law,' Hiliory, fcfr. alfo three pr four valuable Negroes; C5c.
. lately fublijbcd, and H be fold at the Printing Office in -!
... . v: ' ' . Newberh, ..: . ; !' . ' - ',
TJLE Officeand Authority of a U S T VC E i of' tne
PE ACE tand alfo the Duty of Sheriffs," Coroners,' Ccn
ftablcS, Churchwardens, Overfeers. pf Roads, and other
cers, Together with Precedents -of Wairanfi, Judgments, Ex--ecutions;
and other legal Procefs, iffuable by Magiftates with
in their leveral Juriidiftious,. in Cafes dvil land crimina),
with the Method of Judicial Proceedings before Juilices cf
.the Peace out ot oefiions. Alfo.fome Directions for their Coa
dud within their County Cpiirts; To which r is? added ah; Ap
pendix, containing many ufeful Precedents, and Direftiom
for the Execution of. them. Colleacd from the Common and
Statute Laws , of Eng landt and the Acli of Affcmbly of this Pro-
vioce. ana aaaptea.to our conititution a;rd rradice. : i
1 ' Jlvf j41fo to be fold at the faid Office t! ,
-T U N aw.y from Chw new A-f . Ii King in the Year i76. With the Ma.n'er rf Priming .5
jLoauing, auu wic rumiuii di cacu rvaoK it rirings na mc
Method of performing the Firings, Evolutions, lc: at'Re-.
views and Field Days. To Mhich is added the Articles pf Vir
pf the Cpntinental Army. :; vv -". .
NEWBERNi June 27,. 1777.
il lo namid SMART, :vcry black:, aocut 5
-hi "2 n.-well made, and very likely, fpeaks broken nglilh, , but
kLS JU fr
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Whoivtr brings the laid blave to wen afrtng arorciaia, laau
hire Fide Dollar Rew ard; - v I',
JAMES. DAVIS
5
Newbern, ,7t 27, I777
k feTiciCETs iir the STTTfejS. OTTIR
'i :"V-,; Where alfo may h had; 1 j-X- X''j ;t'f.v
! A complete REVISAL of the LAWS of th-Stated witi
Marginal Notes;" References;' acd:a cojpious Indexl xfi'--
;
NEBWERN : Printed 4y JAMBS DAVtS
to be Ibid by RICHARD . EULIo,