The list of advertisements in Mr. Weld’s book is here inserted, not to weary the reader with its painful details, but that, by running his eye over the dates of the papers quoted, and the places of their publication, he may form a fair estimate of the extent to which this atrocity was _publicly_ practised: The _Wilmington_ (North Carolina) _Advertiser_ of July 13, 1838, contains the following advertisement: “$100 will be paid to any person who may apprehend and safely confine in any jail in this state a certain negro man, named ALFRED. And the same reward will be paid, if satisfactory evidence is given of _his having been_ KILLED. He has one or more scars on one of his hands, caused by his having been shot. THE CITIZENS OF ONSLOW. “_Richlands, Onslow Co., May 16, 1838._” In the same column with the above, and directly under it, is the following: “RANAWAY, my negro man RICHARD. A reward of $25 will be paid for his apprehension, DEAD or ALIVE. Satisfactory proof will only be required of his being KILLED. He has with him, in all probability, his wife, ELIZA, who ran away from Col. Thompson, now a resident of Alabama, about the time he commenced his journey to that state. DURANT H. RHODES.” In the _Macon_ (Georgia) _Telegraph_, May 28, is the following: “About the 1st of March last the negro man RANSOM left me without the least provocation whatever; I will give a reward of twenty dollars for said negro, if taken, DEAD OR ALIVE,—and if killed in any attempt, an advance of five dollars will be paid. BRYANT JOHNSON. “_Crawford Co., Georgia._” See the _Newbern_ (N. C.) _Spectator_, Jan. 5, 1838, for the following: “RANAWAY from the subscriber, a negro man named SAMPSON. Fifty dollars reward will be given for the delivery of him to me, or his confinement in any jail, so that I get him; and should he resist in being taken, so that violence is necessary to arrest him, I will not hold any person liable for damages should the slave be KILLED. ENOCH FOY. “_Jones Co., N. C._” From the _Charleston_ (S. C.) _Courier_, Feb. 20, 1836: “$300 REWARD.—Ranaway from the subscriber, in November last, his two negro men named Billy and Pompey. “Billy is 25 years old, and is known as the patroon of my boat for many years; in all probability he may resist; in that event 50 dollars will be paid for his HEAD.” CHAPTER V. ELIZA. The writer stated in her book that Eliza was a portrait drawn from life. The incident which brought the original to her notice may be simply narrated.