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Escaping slavery : a documentary history of Native American runaways in British North America / Antonio T. Bly.

Author/creator Bly, Antonio T. author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Lanham : Lexington Books, [2021]
Descriptionpages cm
Subject(s)
Contents Introduction: Social death in the lands of their forefathers -- A note on notices -- A note on newspapers -- New England colonies -- Mid-Atlantic colonies -- Southern colonies -- Appendix A: Advertisements for mustees -- Appendix B: As the law directs : social death in Julian's Massachusetts -- Appendix C: Julian's story as broadside ephemera -- Appendix D: Julian's story memorialized -- Appendix E: Timeline of Julian's story -- Appendix F: Julian the Indian in court records -- Appendix G: Graphic representation of Native American fugitives -- Appendix H: Public days in Julian's Massachusetts : advertising Native American slavery, servitude, and social death in eighteenth-century America.
Abstract "This book is a documentary history of Native Americans in British North America. This study of indigenous peoples captures the lives of numerous individuals who refused to sacrifice their humanity in the face of the violent, changing landscapes of early America"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Bly, Antonio T. Escaping slavery Lanham : Lexington Books, [2021] 9781793632715
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LCCN 2021046907
ISBN9781793632708
ISBN1793632707
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