"Pretends to Be Free" : : Runaway Slave Advertisements from Colonial and Revolutionary New York and New Jersey / / ed. by Alan Edward Brown, Graham Russell Gao Hodges.

Republication on the twenty-fifth anniversary of "Pretends to Be Free" recognizes the signal importance of its sterling presentation of northern self-emancipation. Today, even more than a quarter-century ago, these fugitive slave notices are the best verbal snapshots of enslaved Americans...

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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2019]
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Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (416 p.) :; 16
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • A Note on the Text
  • A Note on Colonial and Revolutionary Newspapers
  • Introduction to the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition
  • Teacher's Guide to "Pretends to Be Free "
  • Foreword
  • Runaway Slave Advertisements
  • Appendix 1. Tables
  • Appendix 2. Hues and Cries
  • Glossary
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Subject Index
  • Name Index