Runaways of Colonial New Jersey: Indentured Servants, Slaves, Deserters, and Prisoners, 1720-1781 - Paperback

by Richard B. Marrin (Author)

A majority of white immigrants to the American Colonies south of New England-and nearly all the Africans-arrived in some form of servitude, either as indentured servants or slaves. Colonial newspapers often published notices seeking the return of runaway