Ran away from the subscriber, on or about the 25th day of September last, a negro fellow named Ben, about 19 years old, five feet 7 or 8 inches high – he is a likely fellow, has a very black countenance, thin lips, small mouth, and sharp nose, is left handed. I will give ten pounds reward and all reasonable expenses paid to any person who will secure and deliver him to me in Bladen county.Daniel Shipman

N.B. Suspect he will endeavor to get to Northampton, near Halifax, as he was raised there. — Nov 20 1790

Source: North Carolina Chronicle or Fayetteville Gazette. 22 November 1790.