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The geography of slavery in Virginia / [author, Tom Costa ... [and others]].
- Format:
- Website/Database
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Slavery--Virginia--Sources.
- Slavery.
- Fugitive slaves--Virginia--Sources.
- Fugitive slaves.
- Virginia.
- Genre:
- Sources.
- Physical Description:
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Charlottesville, VA] : University of Virginia, 2003-
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Summary:
- The Geography of Slavery project presents full transcriptions and images of all runaway and captured ads for slaves and servants placed in Virginia newspapers from 1736 to 1790, and is in the process of compiling advertisements well into the nineteenth century. In addition, the project offers a number of other documents related to slaves, servants, and slaveholders, including court records, other newspaper notices, slaveholder correspondence, and assorted literature about slavery and indentured servitude.
- Contents:
- Advertisements
- Documents
- Explanatory essays
- Personal profiles
- Resources.
- Notes:
- Title from home page (viewed March 25, 2005).
- Includes bibliographical references.
- OCLC:
- 60654703
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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