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"Pretends to be free" : runaway slave advertisements from colonial and revolutionary New York and New Jersey /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Hodges, Graham Russell, 1946- (Editor), Brown, Alan Edward (Editor), Baptist, Edward E. (writer of foreword.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2019.
Subjects:
Fugitive slaves > New York (State) > History > Sources.
Fugitive slaves > New Jersey > History > Sources.
New Jersey > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 > Sources.
New York (State) > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > African Americans > Sources.
New Jersey > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > African Americans > Sources.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > African Americans > Sources.
Table of Contents:
  • List of illustrations
  • List of tables in Appendix 1
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • A note on the text
  • A note on Colonial and Revolutionary newspapers
  • Introduction to Twenty-fifth Anniversary edition
  • Teacher's Guide to "Pretends to be free"
  • Foreward by Edward E. Baptist
  • Runway slave advertisements
  • Appendix 1: Tables
  • Appendix 2: Hues and Cries
  • Glossary
  • Selected bibliography
  • Subject Index
  • Name Index.