Running for freedom : slave runaways in North Carolina, 1775-1840

Author(s)

• Parker, Freddie L.

Bibliographic Information

Running for freedom : slave runaways in North Carolina, 1775-1840

Freddie L. Parker

（Studies in African American history and culture）

Garland, 1993

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Focusing on North Carolina, and making use of detailed 18th and 19th-century newspaper advertisements for nearly 2,800 runaway slaves, explores the origins, growth and distribution of the black population; slave owners, runaways and the law; a physical portrait of runaway slaves; slave personalitie

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Details

• NCID: BA19975666
• ISBN:
  • 0815310056
• LCCN: 92038603
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xv, 241 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : E445.N8
  • DC20 : 973.7/115
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Fugitive slaves -- North Carolina -- History
  • LCSH : Fugitive slaves -- North Carolina -- Statistics
  • LCSH : North Carolina -- Population -- History
  • LCSH : North Carolina -- Population -- Statistics
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA19972850