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Also, Thomas Wright seems to have a lot of slaves go missing at pretty regular intervals. Either he was dull-witted and an easy master to escape from, or he was particularly harsh and many of his slaves felt it was worth the risk of running away. Which makes me wonder if his female slaves also left and he just did not care enough to try to get them back? ~Kristen Lonsdorf | Also, Thomas Wright seems to have a lot of slaves go missing at pretty regular intervals. Either he was dull-witted and an easy master to escape from, or he was particularly harsh and many of his slaves felt it was worth the risk of running away. Which makes me wonder if his female slaves also left and he just did not care enough to try to get them back? ~Kristen Lonsdorf | ||
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| + | What were the security measures that owners of slaves took to ensure they didn't run away? Obviously slaves were not treated all that well, but wouldn't they attempt to run away fairly often given the circumstances? Would they be willing to pay repeatedly simply to get their slaves back? | ||
| + | -Kathleen Dray | ||
== Alexander Thomson, A Scottish immigrant writes new from America, 1774 == | == Alexander Thomson, A Scottish immigrant writes new from America, 1774 == | ||
