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18th-Century Runaway Slave Advertisements
These newspaper advertisements seeking runaway slaves offer interesting details about the individual lives of eighteenth-century slaves and their masters.
Item Type: Advertisement
Historical Era: Revolution and New Nation (1751-1815)
Runaway Slave Advertisement from Revolutionary Virginia
After Virginia's royal governor, Lord Dunmore, promised freedom to indentured servants and slaves who would escape and serve in the British forces, newspapers printed numerous advertisements for runaways whose owners suspected them of responding to [...]
Item Type: Advertisement
Historical Era: Revolution and New Nation (1751-1815)