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Claiming Freedom: The Material World of Runaway Slaves in Louisiana, 1825-1865

Denman, Anna
http://orcid.org/0009-0004-1013-8844
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1682462585317723

Abstract Details

2023, Artium Baccalaureus (AB), Ohio University, History.
This thesis studies the history of runaway slaves in Louisiana during the antebellum period. It discusses manumission practices and the history of self-liberation through flight from the beginning of slavery in Louisiana to the end of the American Civil War. It explores the repurposing of material objects and skills by runaway slaves based on an analysis of runaway slave advertisements from Louisiana. All of the runaway slave advertisements studied were published between 1825 and 1865, falling between the creation of the Louisiana Civil Code of 1825 and the end of the American Civil War.
Mariana Dantas (Advisor)
147 p.
African American Studies; African Americans; American History; Black History; Black Studies; History
History; slavery; runaway slaves; manumission; Louisiana; New Orleans; steamboats; civil war; material culture; material history; slave hiring; antebellum

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  • Denman, A. (2023). Claiming Freedom: The Material World of Runaway Slaves in Louisiana, 1825-1865 [Electronic thesis or dissertation, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1682462585317723

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Denman, Anna. Claiming Freedom: The Material World of Runaway Slaves in Louisiana, 1825-1865. 2023. Ohio University, Electronic thesis or dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1682462585317723.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Denman, Anna. "Claiming Freedom: The Material World of Runaway Slaves in Louisiana, 1825-1865." Electronic thesis or dissertation, Ohio University, 2023. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1682462585317723

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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