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Wives, Slaves, and Servant Girls: Advertisements for Female Runaways in American Newspapers, 1770-1783

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Wives, Slaves, and Servant Girls: Advertisements for Female Runaways in American Newspapers, 1770-1783 - Hagist, Don N
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In Wives, Slaves, and Servant Girls: Advertisements for Female Runaways in American Newspapers, 1770-1783 , historian Don N. Hagist focuses on the American Revolutionary period to provide a striking portrait of a substantial but largely forgotten segment of the population. Comprised of four hundred advertisements presented chronologically, the volume provides invaluable descriptions of women's clothes, footwear, jewelry, physical appearances, education, nationalities, occupations, and other details.

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Wives, Slaves, and Servant Girls: Advertisements for Female Runaways in American Newspapers, 1770-1783 2016, Westholme Publishing

ISBN-13: 9781594162527

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