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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 who had esc...

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Έκδοση: University of London Press 2022
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spelling oapen-20.500.12657-557702023-11-28T16:51:04Z Freedom Seekers Newman, Simon P. 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 bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBT History: specific events & topics::HBTS Slavery & abolition of slavery 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 who had escaped. Based on the advertisements placed in these newspapers by masters and enslavers offering rewards for so-called runaways, this book brings to light for the first time the history of slavery in England as revealed in the stories of resistance by enslaved workers. Featuring a series of case-studies of individual "freedom-seekers", this book explores the nature and significance of escape attempts as well as detailing the likely routes and networks they would take to gain their freedom. The book demonstrates that not only were enslaved people present in Restoration London but that White Londoners of this era were intimately involved in the construction of the system of racial slavery, a process that traditionally has been regarded as happening in the colonies rather than the British Isles. An unmissable and important book that seeks to delve into Britain’s colonial past. 2022-05-31T14:14:18Z 2022-05-31T14:14:18Z 2022 book ONIX_20220531_9781912702947_40 9781912702947 9781912702930 9781912702947 9781912702930 9781914477249 9781914477478 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/55770 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9781912702947.pdf https://checkout.sas.ac.uk/checkout?pub=sas&isbn1=9781912702930 University of London Press Institute of Historical Research University of London Press 10.14296/202202.9781912702947 10.14296/202202.9781912702947 4af45bb1-d463-422d-9338-fa2167dddc34 9781912702947 9781912702930 9781912702947 9781912702930 9781914477249 9781914477478 Institute of Historical Research University of London Press 260 London open access
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description 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 who had escaped. Based on the advertisements placed in these newspapers by masters and enslavers offering rewards for so-called runaways, this book brings to light for the first time the history of slavery in England as revealed in the stories of resistance by enslaved workers. Featuring a series of case-studies of individual "freedom-seekers", this book explores the nature and significance of escape attempts as well as detailing the likely routes and networks they would take to gain their freedom. The book demonstrates that not only were enslaved people present in Restoration London but that White Londoners of this era were intimately involved in the construction of the system of racial slavery, a process that traditionally has been regarded as happening in the colonies rather than the British Isles. An unmissable and important book that seeks to delve into Britain’s colonial past.
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