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dc.contributor.authorNewman, Simon P.
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-31T14:14:18Z
dc.date.available2022-05-31T14:14:18Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifierONIX_20220531_9781912702947_40
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/55770
dc.description.abstractFreedom 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.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.subject.otherslavery
dc.subject.otherBritain
dc.subject.othercolonialism,colonial Britain
dc.subject.otherSamuel Pepys
dc.subject.otherslave-owners
dc.subject.otherslavery in Britain
dc.subject.otherRestoration Britain
dc.subject.otherRestoration London
dc.subject.otherLondon
dc.subject.otherslavery in London
dc.subject.otherAldgate
dc.subject.otherWhitechapel
dc.subject.othercoffee shops
dc.subject.otherslave trade
dc.subject.othertransatlantic slave trade
dc.subject.otherrunaway slaves
dc.subject.otherfreemen
dc.subject.otherAfrica
dc.subject.othergold
dc.subject.othersugar
dc.subject.otherplantation
dc.subject.othercolonial America
dc.subject.otherThomas Jefferson
dc.subject.otherJamaica
dc.subject.otherBarbados
dc.subject.othernewspapers
dc.subject.othermedia history
dc.subject.otherslave advertisment
dc.subject.otherslave recapture
dc.subject.otherfreedom
dc.titleFreedom Seekers
dc.title.alternativeEscaping from Slavery in Restoration London
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.14296/202202.9781912702947
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy4af45bb1-d463-422d-9338-fa2167dddc34
oapen.imprintInstitute of Historical Research
oapen.imprintUniversity of London Press
oapen.pages260
oapen.place.publicationLondon


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