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Fugitive Slaves and Spaces of Freedom in North America Southern Dissent University Press of florida Florida A&M University, Tallahassee Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton Florida Gulf Coast University, Ft. Myers Florida International University, Miami Florida State University, Tallahassee New College of Florida, Sarasota University of Central Florida, Orlando University of Florida, Gainesville University of North Florida, Jacksonville University of South Florida, Tampa University of West Florida, Pensacola FUGITIVE SLAVES AND SPACES OF FREEDOM IN NORTH AMERICA edited by damian alan Pargas Foreword by Stanley Harrold and Randall M. Miller University Press of Florida Gainesville · Tallahassee · Tampa · Boca Raton Pensacola · Orlando · Miami · Jacksonville · Ft. Myers · Sarasota Copyright 2018 by Damian Alan Pargas All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper This book may be available in an electronic edition. 23 22 21 20 19 18 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Pargas, Damian Alan, editor. Title: Fugitive slaves and spaces of freedom in North America / edited by Damian Alan Pargas. Other titles: Southern dissent. Description: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2018. | Series: Southern dissent | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2017060267 | ISBN 9780813056036 (cloth : alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Fugitive slaves—United States. | Slavery—United States—History. | Slaves—Emancipation—United States. Classification: LCC E450 .F957 2018 | DDC 973.7/115—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017060267 The University Press of Florida is the scholarly publishing agency for the State University System of Florida, comprising Florida A&M University, Florida Atlantic University, Florida Gulf Coast University, Florida International University, Florida State University, New College of Florida, University of Central Florida, University of Florida, University of North Florida, University of South Florida, and University of West Florida. University Press of Florida 15 Northwest 15th Street Gainesville, FL 32611-2079 http://upress.ufl.edu Contents List of Figures vii List of Tables ix Foreword xi Introduction: Spaces of Freedom in North America 1 Damian Alan Pargas 1. Black Self-Emancipation, Gradual Emancipation, and the Underground Railroad in the Northern Colonies and States, 1763–1804 21 Graham Russell Gao Hodges 2. Revisiting “British Principle Talk”: Antebellum Black Expectations and Racism in Early Ontario 34 Gordon S. Barker 3. The Underground Railroad in “Indian Country”: Northwest Ohio, 1795–1843 70 Roy E. Finkenbine 4. After 1850: Reassessing the Impact of the Fugitive Slave Law 93 Matthew Pinsker 5. Seeking Freedom in the Midst of Slavery: Fugitive Slaves in the Antebellum South 116 Damian Alan Pargas 6. Illegal but Tolerated: Slave Refugees in Richmond, Virginia, 1800–1860 137 Viola Franziska Müller 7. Borderland Maroons 168 Sylviane A. Diouf 8. Advertising Maranda: Runaway Slaves in Texas, 1835–1865 197 Kyle Ainsworth 9. “Design His Course to Mexico”: The Fugitive Slave Experience in the Texas–Mexico Borderlands, 1850–1853 232 Mekala Audain 10. Freedom Interrupted: Runaway Slaves and Insecure Borders in the Mexican Northeast 251 James David Nichols 11. The U.S. Coastal Passage and Caribbean Spaces of Freedom 275 Jeffrey R. Kerr-Ritchie List of Contributors 317 Index 319 figUres 8.1. Newspaper advertisement submitted by Robert F. Millard of Nacogdoches, Texas 198 8.2. Newspaper notice for a horse captured from a runaway slave 202 tables 8.1. Runaway slave content in Texas documents, 1835–1865 203 8.2. Newspaper repetitions of Texas runaway slave advertisements 204 8.3. Days between when a runaway escaped and when the slave owner wrote the advertisement 206 8.4. Days between when a runaway escaped and when the advertisement was published in a newspaper 206 8.5. Frequency of slave flight attempts from Texas counties, 1835–1865 208 8.6. Presumed destination of fugitive slaves in Texas, 1835–1865 209 8.7. Escape attempts where the runaway slave stole a horse or mule 216 8A.1. Departure locations for fugitive slave escapes in Texas, 1835–1865 218 8A.2. Capture locations for fugitive slave captures in Texas, 1835–1865 220 11.1. Liberated captives from select U.S. coastal slavers in the Caribbean, 1826–1841 306
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