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.
Table of 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
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Alan Edward Brown is an attorney in Minneapolis and Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy
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