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Preface | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Dissidents in the Conscript Army | |
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Day to Day Resistance | |
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Hired Slave Dissatisfaction | |
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Open Defiance | |
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Slaves and Overseers | |
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Conspiracies | |
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The Pride of Dissidence | |
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On the Run | |
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Death of the Master | |
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The Plantation Household | |
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Opportunity | |
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Assisted by Whites | |
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Dissatisfaction of Hired Slaves | |
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Merely To Be Free | |
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Cruel and Unusual Punishment | |
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Whither Thou Goest | |
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Breakup of Families | |
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Loved Ones | |
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Husbands and Wives | |
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Mothers and Children | |
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Families and Relatives | |
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Assistance | |
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Lost Forever | |
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A Matter of Some Urgency | |
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Assault and Murder | |
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Stealing | |
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Violence in Defense of Freedom | |
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Collective Resistance | |
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Clandestine Slave Economy | |
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Retribution | |
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Where To Go? | |
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Absentees | |
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Lying Out | |
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To Strike a Bargain | |
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Distant Points | |
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Farther South and Elsewhere | |
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The Promised Land | |
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In Which Direction? | |
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They Seek a City | |
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Temporary Sojourners | |
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Remaining at Large | |
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Runaways as Hired Slaves | |
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Hired Slaves as Runaways | |
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Self-hired Slaves as Runaways | |
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The Urban Interlude | |
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The Fate of Jane | |
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The Hunt | |
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Laws and Patrols | |
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Slave Catchers | |
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Negro Dogs | |
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Masters in Pursuit | |
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Advertisements and Rewards | |
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Incarceration | |
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Backward into Bondage | |
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Taken up as Runaways | |
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Free Black Runaways | |
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Sold as Slaves | |
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Joseph Antoine's Sorrow | |
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Free Black Owners of Runaways | |
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Runaway Children in Maryland | |
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Profile of a Runaway | |
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Age and Gender | |
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Color and Physical Characteristics | |
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Appearance | |
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Personality Traits and Countenance | |
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How and When Slaves Absconded | |
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African-born Runaways | |
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Managing Human Property | |
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Managers and Overseers | |
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What Should Masters Do? | |
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Self-perceptions and Managing Slaves | |
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Plantation Mistresses and Slave Governance | |
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Discarding the Aged and Infirm | |
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Anxiety, Trouble, Expense | |
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Counting the Cost | |
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Dishonor Among Masters | |
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The Conspiracy Theory | |
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Estimating Frequencies and Owners' Costs | |
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The Impact of Runaways on the Peculiar Institution | |
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A Note on Primary Sources | |
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Newspaper Advertisements | |
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Tennessee Notice for a Negro man named Sam | |
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Tennessee Notice for a Negro man named Jim | |
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Alabama Notice for Anthony, Billy, and Bartlett | |
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South Carolina Notice for Ceely and Frances or Fanny | |
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Louisiana Notice for Molly | |
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Petitions to State Legislatures and County Courts | |
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Petition to the Virginia General Assembly | |
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Petition to the South Carolina Senate | |
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Petition to the South Carolina Senate | |
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Petition to the North Carolina General Assembly | |
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Petition to the Orleans Parish District Court | |
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Petition to the Baltimore County Orphans Court | |
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Petition to the Frederick County, Maryland, Court | |
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Petition to the Tennessee General Assembly | |
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Location and Possible Destinations of Runaways Cited in the Nashville Whig, 1812-1816 | |
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Location and Possible Destinations of Runaways Cited in the Tennessee Republican Banner (Nashville), 1840-1842 | |
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Damages Sought by Henry Crane for Runaway Lewis, 1851 | |
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Correspondence | |
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Letter of Runaway Joseph Taper to white acquaintance Joseph Long, 11 November 1840 | |
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Letter of Cotton Factory Owner Abram Riddick to Slaveowner William Glover, 22 July 1848 | |
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Runaway Slave Database: Early Period 1790-1816 | |
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Late Period 1838-1860 | |
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Abbreviations | |
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Notes | |
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Bibliography | |
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Credits | |
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Index | |