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 Necessary
for landed Virginia
Planters; servants, whether indentured,
slave or free, became a 'Cash Crop' for those of
means. For each indentured servant one
transported, an amount of land was given in
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Westmoreland County, Virginia, Aug. 17, 1749.
RUN away from subscriber on Monday last, a Convict Servant
named Thomas Winey; he professes farming, was imported
lately from Maidstone gaol in County of Kent, Great Britain
THE ABOVE MENTIONED SERVANT TOOK WITH HIM A
MOLATTOE SLAVE named James, a well set fellow, 23
years old ************ I have been informed by their
confederates since they went off, that they intend to
go to Pennsylvania and from thence to New England,
unless they can on their way get passage in some vessel to
Great Britain where the Molattoe slave pretends to have an
UNCLE WHO ESCAPED FROM HIS MASTER IN THIS COLONY
NEAR 23 YEARS AGO, AND IS SAID TO KEEP
A COFFEE HOUSE IN LONDON.
From The Pennsylvania Gazette, Sept. 14, 1749.
Title: The Journal of Negro History, Vol. I. Jan. 1916; Author: Various
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Gazette, March 28, 1771
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Slaves became
property, and knowing that a servant would leave
them after their period of indenture was over,
owners took better care of their slaves... |
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Excerpts From Various…Slaves
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Stafford Smith fled from
Westmoreland county, Virginia,
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where he was owned by Harriet Parker, a
single woman,
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advanced in years, and the owner of many
slaves "As a
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mistress, she was very hard. I have
been hired to first
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one and then another, bad man all
along. My mistress
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was a Methodist, but she seemed to know
nothing
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about goodness. She was not in the
habit of allowing the slaves any chance
at all."
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Title: The Underground
Railroad, A Record Of Facts, Authentic
Narratives, Letters, &C., Narrating The
Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes And
Death Struggles Of The Slaves In Their
Efforts For Freedom, As Related By
Themselves And Others, Or Witnessed By
The Author. Author: William Still
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