Dataset: Runaway Advertisements from Barbados, 1770 and 1783-89
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The Magazine of Early American Datasets (MEAD)
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slavery
escape
resistance
Caribbean
African History
American Studies
History
History of Gender
Labor History
Legal
Social History
Women's History
escape
resistance
Caribbean
African History
American Studies
History
History of Gender
Labor History
Legal
Social History
Women's History
Region
Barbados
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Date issued
2022-06-06
Distributor
Scholarly Commons, University of Pennsylvania Libraries
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Newspaper advertisements written and published by enslavers seeking the capture and return of enslaved people who had escaped. Published in the Barbados Mercury in September to October 1770, and between April 1773 and March 1789, and in the Barbados Gazette between July 1787 and February 1789.
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Newspaper advertisements written and published by enslavers seeking the capture and return of enslaved people who had escaped. Published in the Barbados Mercury in September to October 1770, and between April 1773 and March 1789, and in the Barbados Gazette between July 1787 and February 1789.