Ad appeared in the July 14, 1807 issue of the Wilmington Gazette.

20 Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY from the subscriber living in Bladen county, on the 20th April last,
a negro fellow called QUASH,

about twenty years of age, possesses a pleasing countenance, nearly six feet high, large over the shoulders, small legs, he has a scare[sic] on his left side which extends half round his belly, his father is hired to Mr. William Williams, near the green banks, Brunswick county,

Col. James Richardson owns his mother--it is possible he may be about Fayetteville, as he is acquainted with some of Maj. James Owens’ negroes that are hired at that place--he is Outlawed. All resonable expences will be paid to any person apprehending the said negro in addition to the above reward.
J. BRADLEY.
July 14