Runaway Advertisements from Jamaica, 1781-2

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The Magazine of Early American Datasets (MEAD)
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slavery
resistance
escape
Jamaica
Caribbean
African History
American Studies
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History of Gender
Labor History
Legal
Social History
Women's History
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Jamaica (Caribbean)
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2022-06-06
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Scholarly Commons, University of Pennsylvania Libraries
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Newspaper advertisements written and published by enslavers seeking the capture and return of enslaved people who had escaped. Published in the Gazette of St Jago (Spanish Town), Jamaica, February 1781 to October 1782.

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Newspaper advertisements written and published by enslavers seeking the capture and return of enslaved people who had escaped. Published in the Gazette of St Jago (Spanish Town), Jamaica, February 1781 to October 1782.
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