[D] Runaway slave advertisement posted by Josiah Barrett (1839)

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This advert offers a physical description of Chaney. We also learn that she took her threechildren with her, and that she had recently been visited by another slave whomay be able to assist her in fleeing to a Free State. Advertisements like this cangive us a rare insight into the experience of female slaves, and thedifficulties of maintaining family structures under slavery.

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    University of North Carolina at Greensboro, North Carolina Runaway Slave Advertisements Digital Collection: http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/RAS/id/152/rec/1
  • original publisher
    Tarboro Press
  • original publisher place
    Tarboro, N.C.
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