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

This book 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.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Social Death in the Lands of Their Forefathers
A Note on Notices
A Note on Newspapers
Chapter 1: New England Colonies
Chapter 2: Mid-Atlantic Colonies
Chapter 3: Southern Colonies
Appendix A: Advertisements for Mustees
Appendix B: As the Law Directs: Social Death in Julian's Massachusetts
Appendix C: Julian's Story as Broadsides Ephemera
Appendix D: Julian's Story Memorialized
Appendix E: Timeline of Julian's Story
Appendix F: Julian the Indian in Court Records
Appendix G: Graphic Representation of Native American Fugitives
Appendix H: Public Days in Julian's Massachusetts: Advertising Native American Slavery,
Servitude, and Social Death in Eighteenth-Century America
Glossary
Index
About the Author

About the author

By Antonio T. Bly

Summary

This book 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.

Product details

• Authors: Antonio T. Bly, Bly Antonio T.
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2023
• EAN: 9781793632722
• ISBN: 978-1-79363-272-2
• No. of pages: 244
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, North America, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Indigenous Peoples, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Relating to Native American people, USA: The New Nation (c 1783 to c 1800), C 1700 To C 1800, American Revolution (1775–1783)