Escaping Slavery : A Documentary History of Native American Runaways in British North America

Escaping Slavery 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. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Social Death in the Lands of Their Forefathers Notes A Note on the Notices A Note on Newspapers List of Newspapers Connecticut Delaware Georgia Massachusetts New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Carolina Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Virginia Chapter 1: New England Colonies Massachusetts Newspapers Boston News-Letter, June 19, 1704. Boston News-Letter, November 13, 1704. Boston News-Letter, October 8, 1705. Boston News-Letter, December 10, 1705. Boston News-Letter, January 20, 1707. Boston News-Letter, February 3, 1707. Boston News-Letter, October 6, 1707. Boston News-Letter, May 10, 1708. Boston News-Letter, June 11, 1711. Boston News-Letter, August 13, 1711. Boston News-Letter, October 15, 1711. Boston News-Letter, December 17, 1711. Boston News-Letter, July 28, 1712. Boston News-Letter, August 18, 1712. Boston News-Letter, September 14, 1713. Boston News-Letter, October 25, 1714. Boston News-Letter, May 9, 1715. Boston News-Letter, July 30, 1716. Boston News-Letter, August 27, 1716. Boston News-Letter, September 24, 1716. Boston News-Letter, July 22, 1717. Boston News-Letter, April 14, 1718. Boston News-Letter, January 4, 1720. Boston News-Letter, June 9, 1720. Boston News-Letter, September 11, 1721. Boston Gazette, October 2, 1721. New-England Courant, August 26, 1723. Boston News-Letter, September 30, 1725. New-England Courant, October 2, 1725. Boston News-Letter, October 14, 1725. New-England Courant, October 16, 1725. New-England Weekly Journal, October 16, 1727. New-England Weekly Journal, June 26, 1727. Boston News-Letter, August 22, 1728. Boston Gazette, November 4, 1728. Boston Gazette, August 18, 1729. New-England Weekly Journal, August 3, 1730. Boston Gazette, May 31, 1731. Boston Gazette, October 11, 1731. Boston Gazette, November 11, 1734. Boston News-Letter, December 25, 1735. New-England Weekly Journal, August 10, 1736. Boston Gazette, November 8, 1736. New-England Weekly Journal, October 24, 1738. New-England Weekly Journal, February 6, 1739. Boston Gazette, March 19, 1739. New-England Weekly Journal, September 16, 1740. Boston Post-Boy, September 22, 1740. Boston Evening-Post, September 29, 1740. Boston News-Letter, May 7, 1741. Boston News-Letter, October 14, 1742. Boston Post-Boy, December 13, 1742. Boston Post-Boy, May 2, 1743. Boston Gazette, November 1, 1743. Boston News-Letter, August 23, 1744. Boston Evening-Post, January 21, 1745. Boston News-Letter, May 16, 1745. Boston Evening-Post, December 22, 1746. Boston Gazette, August 1, 1749. Boston News-Letter, March 16, 1750. Boston News-Letter, June 28, 1750. Boston Gazette, January 30, 1753. Boston Gazette, November 26, 1754. Boston Gazette, November 24, 1755. Boston News-Letter, May 13, 1756. Boston Post-Boy, March 19, 1759. Boston Chronicle, March 9, 1769. Boston News-Letter, April 16, 1773. New-England Chronicle, July 4, 1776. Independent Chronicle, March 20, 1777. Boston Gazette, March 31, 1777. Hampshire Herald, November 30, 1784. Connecticut Newspapers New-London Summary, July 11, 1760. New-London Summary, August 22, 1760. Connecticut Gazette, December 13, 1771. Connecticut Gazette, March 19, 1773. Connecticut Journal, September 16, 1774. Connecticut Courant, July 1, 1776. Connecticut Courant, June 9, 1777. Norwich Packet, June 30, 1777. Connecticut Gazette, February 20, 1778. Connecticut Courant, September 11, 1781. Connecticut Journal, January 21, 1784. Connecticut Courant, July 30, 1787. Rhode-Island Gazette, October 4, 1732. Newport Mercury, February 9, 1762. Newport Mercury, May 11, 1762. Newport Mercury, October 26, 1762. Newport Mercury, November 18, 1771. Newport Mercury, May 24, 1773. Providence Gazette, April 19, 1777. Providence Gazette, July 5, 1777. Providence Gazette, March 28, 1778. American Journal and General Advertiser, April 12, 1780. Variant Reprints: American Journal and General Advertiser, April 19, 1780; American Journal and General Advertiser, April 27, 1780. Reprints: American Journal and General Advertiser, March 10, 1781; Providence Gazette, March 17, 1781; American Journal and General Advertiser, March 21, 1781; Providence Gazette, March 31, 1781. Reprints: Providence Gazette, March 31, 1781; Providence Gazette, April 14, 1781. Providence Gazette, November 23, 1782. Chapter 2: Mid-Atlantic Colonies New York Newspapers New-York Weekly Journal, November 3, 1740. New-York Evening Post, June 30, 1746. New-York Gazette, or Weekly Post-Boy, February 23, 1747. New-York Mercury, September 10, 1764. New-York Mercury, May 25, 1767. New-York Journal, October 29, 1767. New-York Gazette, and Weekly Mercury, February 28, 1774. New-York Gazette, and Weekly Mercury, July 14, 1777. Royal American Gazette, January 28, 1779. New-York Gazette, and Weekly Mercury, May 17, 1779. New-York Packet, June 17, 1784. Pennsylvania Newspapers American Weekly Mercury, April 14, 1720. American Weekly Mercury, September 4, 1729. Pennsylvania Gazette, October 23, 1760. Pennsylvania Gazette, March 14, 1765. Pennsylvania Packet, August 29, 1774. Pennsylvania Packet, July 4, 1780. New Jersey Newspapers New-Jersey Gazette April 23, 1778 Chapter 3: Southern Colonies Virginia Newspapers Virginia Gazette, April 21, 1768. Virginia Gazette, May 2, 1771. Virginia Gazette, November 11, 1773. Virginia Gazette, December 18, 1779. Virginia Gazette and Weekly Advertiser, May 21, 1785. Virginia Journal and Alexandria Advertiser, September 15, 1785. Maryland Newspapers Maryland Journal, February 25, 1785. Appendix A New England Colonies Boston Gazette, September 25, 1744. Boston Post-Boy, July 6, 1752. New-London Summary, February 4, 1763. The Newport Mercury, September 9, 1765. The Newport Mercury, January 23–30, 1769. The Providence Gazette, January 26 to February 2, 1771. The Providence Gazette, September 4, 1779. The Newport Mercury, July 3, 1784. Mid-Atlantic Colonies Pennsylvania Journal, or, Weekly Advertiser, March 27, 1753. Southern Colonies Georgia Gazette, October 25, 1769. Virginia Gazette, April 18, 1777. State Gazette of South-Carolina, November 3, 1785. Appendix B 1633 1637 1640 1641 1642 1646 1647 1648 1655 1656 1657 1658 1662 1666 1668 1675 1676 1677 1679 1680 1683 1692–1693 1693–1694 1694–1695 1695–1696 1696–1697 1697 1698 1699–1700 1700–1701 1701–1702 1703 1703–1704 1706 1706–1707 1708–1709 1709–1710 1712 1713–1714 1718–1719 1721–1722 1722 1725–1726 1727–1728 1729 1731–1732 1732–1733 1734 1735 1737–1738 1740 Sources Appendix C Appendix D New-England Weekly Journal, September 18, 1732. Weekly Rehearsal, September 18, 1732. American Weekly Mercury, October 12, 1732. New-England Weekly Journal, February 12, 1733. Boston News-Letter, February 22, 1733. New-England Weekly Journal, February 26, 1733. Weekly Rehearsal, February 26, 1733. Rhode-Island Gazette, March 1, 1733. New-England Weekly, March 5, 1773. Weekly Rehearsal, March 5, 1773. Boston News-Letter, March 8, 1733. Weekly Rehearsal, March 12, 1733. Boston News-Letter, March 22, 1733. New-England Weekly Journal, March 26, 1733. Weekly Rehearsal, March 26, 1733. Weekly Rehearsal, March 26, 1733. Appendix E circa 1700 circa 1703 circa 1710 November 5, 1730–1731 September 7, 1732 September 7–10, 1732 September 10–11, 1732 September 12, 1732 September 13, 1732 September 14, 1732 February 17, 1733 February 20, 1733 February 25, 1733 March 4, 1733 March 5, 1733 March 11, 1733 March 21, 1773 March 22, 1733 March 22, 1733 March 23–29, 1733 Appendix F Appendix G Appendix H New England “To Be Sold” Notices Boston News-Letter, April 29, 1706. Boston News-Letter, March 31, 1701. Boston News-Letter, May 24, 1708. Boston News-Letter, October 11, 1708. Boston News-Letter, April 30, 1711. Boston News-Letter, August 27, 1711. Boston News-Letter, January 19, 1712. Boston News-Letter, June 30, 1712. Boston News-Letter, July 21, 1712. Boston News-Letter, December 29, 1712. Boston News-Letter, March 9, 1713. Boston News-Letter, May 18, 1713. Boston News-Letter, May 18, 1713. Boston News-Letter, June 1, 1713. Boston News-Letter, August, 24, 1713. Boston News-Letter, October 12, 1713. Boston News-Letter, April 19, 1714. Boston News-Letter, May 10, 1714. Boston News-Letter, March 28, 1715. Boston News-Letter, July 4, 1715. Boston News-Letter, July 4, 1715. Boston News-Letter, February 20, 1716. Boston News-Letter, October 8, 1716. Boston News-Letter, April 1, 1717. Boston News-Letter, September 16, 1717. Boston News-Letter, March 24, 1718. Boston News-Letter, December 15, 1718. Boston News-Letter, December 29, 1718. Boston News-Letter, July 2, 1724. Boston News-Letter, October 5, 1727. Boston News-Letter, October 27, 1732. Boston News-Letter, June 25, 1741. Boston Gazette, March 26, 1759. Mid-Atlantic “To Be Sold” Notices Note: Compared to the “To Be Sold” advertisements that appeared in the newspapers printed in Massachusetts, woefully insignificant are the “To Be Sold” notices for the other British colonies. 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