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Freedom Seekers Escaping from Slavery in Restoration London

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Freedom Seekers: Escaping from Slavery in Restoration London reveals the hidden stories of enslaved and bound people who attempted to escape from captivity in England's capital. In 1655 White Londoners began advertising in the English-speaking world's first newspapers for enslaved people w...

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Main Author: Newman, Simon P. (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: London University of London Press 2022
Subjects:
Slavery & abolition of slavery
slavery
Britain
colonialism,colonial Britain
Samuel Pepys
slave-owners
slavery in Britain
Restoration Britain
Restoration London
London
slavery in London
Aldgate
Whitechapel
coffee shops
slave trade
transatlantic slave trade
runaway slaves
freemen
Africa
gold
sugar
plantation
colonial America
Thomas Jefferson
Jamaica
Barbados
newspapers
media history
slave advertisment
slave recapture
freedom
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