Runaway Slaves · Rebels on the Plantation by Franklin, John Hope -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Contents Preface Acknowledgments 1. Dissidents in the Conscript Army

Day to Day Resistance Hired Slave Dissatisfaction Open Defiance Slaves and Overseers Conspiracies The Price of Dissidence

2. On the Run

Death of the Master The Plantation Household Opportunity Assisted by Whites Dissatisfaction of Hired Slaves Merely To Be Free Cruel and Unusual Punishment

3. Whither Thou Goest

Breakup of Families Loved Ones Husbands and Wives Mothers and Children Families and Relatives Assistance Lost Forever

4. A Matter of Some Urgency

Assault and Murder Stealing Violence in Defense of Freedom Collective Resistance Clandestine Slave Economy Retribution

5. Where To Go?

Absentees Lying Out To Strike a Bargain Distant Points Farther South and Elsewhere The Promised Land In Which Direction?

6. They Seek a City

Temporary Sojourners Remaining at Large Runaways as Hired Slaves Hired Slaves as Runaways Self-hired Slaves as Runaways The Urban Interlude The Fate of Jane

7. The Hunt

Laws and Patrols Slave Catchers Negro Dogs Masters in Pursuit Advertisements and Rewards Incarceration

8. Backward into Bondage

Taken up as Runaways Free Black Runaways Sold as Slaves Joseph Antoine’s Sorrow Free Black Owners of Runaways Runaway Children in Maryland

9. Profile of a Runaway

Age and Gender Color and Physical Characteristics Appearance Personality Traits and Countenance How and When Slaves Absconded African-born Runaways

10. Managing Human Property

Managers and Overseers What Should Masters Do? Self-perceptions and Managing Slaves Plantation Mistresses and Slave Governance Discarding the Aged and Infirm Anxiety, Trouble, Expense

11. Counting the Cost

Dishonor Among Masters The Conspiracy Theory Estimating Frequencies and Owners’ Costs The Impact of Runaways on the Peculiar Institution

A Note on Primary Sources Appendix 1 Newspaper Advertisements

Tennessee Notice for Negro man named Sam Tennessee Notice for Negro man named Jim Alabama Notice for Anthony, Billy, and Bartlett South Carolina Notice for Ceely and Frances or Fanny Louisiana Notice for Molly

Appendix 2 Petitions to State Legislatures and County Courts

Petition to the Virginia General Assembly Petition to the South Carolina Senate Petition to the South Carolina Senate Petition to the North Carolina General Assembly Petition to the Orleans Parish District Court Petition to the Baltimore County Orphans Court Petition to the Frederick County, Maryland, Court Petition to the Tennessee General Assembly

Appendix 7 Runaway Slave Database: Early Period 1790–1816; Late Period 1838–1860 Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Credits Index Footnotes

Chapter 9 Appendix 2