Fugitive Slave Ads
All advertisements were clipped from Kentucky’s historic newspapers.
During the late 18th through the mid-19th centuries, the Commonwealth of Kentucky saw significant movement of self-emancipated people seeking freedom from bondage. Often referred to as “runaways” or “fugitive slaves,” in historical texts, self-emancipated people defined freedom in many ways. These migrations were widely documented in newspaper advertisements known as fugitive slave advertisements and runaway ads in local newspapers published throughout the state.
Digital Footprints: Freedom on the move at the university of kentucky, Copyright © 2024 by Vanessa M. Holden, Reinette F. Jones, Jennifer Bartlett, and
Kopana Terry.
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