"Pretends to Be Free"
Runaway Slave Advertisements from Colonial and Revolutionary New York and New Jersey
Published on 8. January 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
440 pages
978-0-8232-8215-9 (ISBN)
Description
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 before and during the American Revolution. Through these notices, readers can discover how enslaved blacks chose allegiance during our War for Independence.
Replete with a preface by Edward E. Baptist, the leading scholar of slavery and capitalism and director of a massive project aimed at digitalizing every escape notice, and with a new Introduction and teacher's guide by Graham Hodges, this new edition makes this documentary study more relevant than ever.
Replete with a preface by Edward E. Baptist, the leading scholar of slavery and capitalism and director of a massive project aimed at digitalizing every escape notice, and with a new Introduction and teacher's guide by Graham Hodges, this new edition makes this documentary study more relevant than ever.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
16
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
710 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8232-8215-9 (9780823282159)
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Other editions
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Graham Russell Gao Hodges | Alan Edward Brown
"Pretends to Be Free"
Runaway Slave Advertisements from Colonial and Revolutionary New York and New Jersey
E-Book
01/2019
Fordham University Press
€42.99
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Persons
Graham Russell Gao Hodges (Edited By)
Graham Gao Hodges is George Dorland Langdon Jr. Professor of History and Africana and Latin American Studies at Colgate University.
Alan Edward Brown (Edited By)
Alan Edward Brown is an attorney in Minneapolis and Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy
Graham Gao Hodges is George Dorland Langdon Jr. Professor of History and Africana and Latin American Studies at Colgate University.
Alan Edward Brown (Edited By)
Alan Edward Brown is an attorney in Minneapolis and Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy
Content
List of Illustrations............................................................ vii
List of Tables in Appendix 1.............................................. ix
Acknowledgments ............................................................. xi
Introduction ..................................................................... xiii
A Note on the Text ............................................................ xli
A Note on Colonial and Revolutionary Newspapers...... xliii
Introduction to the Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition ..... xlvii
Teacher's Guide to "Pretends to Be Free"........................ liii
Foreword by Edward E. Baptist........................................ lix
Runaway Slave Advertisements.......................................... 1
Appendix 1: Tables ......................................................... 305
Appendix 2: Hues and Cries ........................................... 321
Glossary .......................................................................... 329
Selected Bibliography..................................................... 335
Subject Index .................................................................. 345
Name Index..................................................................... 351
List of Tables in Appendix 1.............................................. ix
Acknowledgments ............................................................. xi
Introduction ..................................................................... xiii
A Note on the Text ............................................................ xli
A Note on Colonial and Revolutionary Newspapers...... xliii
Introduction to the Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition ..... xlvii
Teacher's Guide to "Pretends to Be Free"........................ liii
Foreword by Edward E. Baptist........................................ lix
Runaway Slave Advertisements.......................................... 1
Appendix 1: Tables ......................................................... 305
Appendix 2: Hues and Cries ........................................... 321
Glossary .......................................................................... 329
Selected Bibliography..................................................... 335
Subject Index .................................................................. 345
Name Index..................................................................... 351