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Runaway Virgins

Runaway Virgins

Runaway Virgins

Enrique Corneiro

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Editorial:
Lulu Press
Año de edición:
2018
Materia
Historia
ISBN:
9780359101450
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Runaway Virgins: Danish West Indian Slave Ads 1770-1848 uses more than 250 slavery related newspaper ads to help shine light on what life must have been like for the enslaved people of the U.S. Virgin Islands (former Danish West Indies). More than 300 specific individuals are identified and subjects related to runaway slaves are highlighted (i.e. punishment, laws, free men/women, country of origin, children, pardons, etc.)

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