Artium Baccalaureus (AB), Ohio University, 2023, 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.

Committee: Mariana Dantas (Advisor) Subjects: African American Studies; African Americans; American History; Black History; Black Studies; History