Dataset:
Runaway Advertisements from Grenada, 1790-91 and 1798-99

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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

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Grenada (Caribbean)

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2022-06-06

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Scholarly Commons, University of Pennsylvania Libraries

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Abstract

Newspaper advertisements written and published by enslavers seeking the capture and return of enslaved people who had escaped. Published in the St Georges Chronicle and Grenada Gazette between July 1790 and January 1791, and between January 1798 and December 1799.

This dataset is a part of the Magazine of American Datasets (MEAD). To view more of the collection, visit https://repository.upenn.edu/exhibits/orgunit/mead.

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