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There are many different types of documents used by researchers to illustrate the history of slavery in America, but none seem quite as fascinating as the newspaper advertisements in which masters described their runaway slaves in hopes of someone recapturing what they considered to be their lost property. This volume contains nearly 200 runaway slave notices and over 100 advertisements for the sale of slaves that were transcribed from newspapers in New York State. These ads offer a small window into the lives of individual slaves like few other documents can provide. This uniquely-presented collection of primary documents vividly describes the institution of slavery as it existed in the Hudson River Valley. Show more