Even as a boring researcher who spends days on end in dusty old archives, every now and again something shocks you. I came across this ad not long into my research regarding runaway slaves in Eastern North Carolina. [The full size image can be found...
Topics: Africans, American South, antebellum slavery, archives, Black Slavery, historic newspapers, history, life of a slave, newspapers, North Carolina Archives, rebellion, runaway slave ad, Runaway slaves, slave ad, slave codes, slave states, slave stories, slavery, slavery history, slavery in America, slavery in the south, slavery in the United States, slavery research, slaves, South, southern, southern history, the old south

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The JPEG files below are JPEG versions of Excel charts based on runaway slave advertisements from 1818-1824.  I converted the Excel file I posted yesterday into JPEG files so those without Excel could still view the information. Now all you have to do.
Topics: Africans, American South, antebellum slavery, Black Slavery, historic newspapers, history, interstate slave trade, life of a slave, newspapers, North Carolina Archives, rebellion, runaway slave ad, Runaway slaves, slave ad, slave stories, slave trade, slavery, slavery history, slavery in America, slavery in the south, slavery in the United States, slavery research, slaves, South, southern, southern history, the old south

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The below link will take you to a downloadable Excel file of Runaway slaves in Eastern North Carolina broken down by slave name, owner’s name, location of owner, description, reward, suspected location, runaway date, and advertisement date. The...
Topics: Africans, American South, charts, historic newspapers, history, newspapers, North Carolina Archives, rebellion, Runaway slaves, slave trade, slavery, slaves, South, southern, southern history, the old south

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During the course of researching my thesis (2004-2006) I collected thousands of pages of documents- copies of originals held in the North Carolina State Archives collection.  My collection of copied documents includes newspaper articles, petitions,...
Topics: Africans, American South, archives, articles, historic newspapers, history, interstate slave trade, newspapers, North Carolina Archives, rebellion, Runaway slaves, slave trade, slavery, slaves, South, southern, southern history, the old south

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