"very apt to speak one side of the truth": New-England Runaways, 1774-1777

by Joseph Lee Boyle

This is the concluding volume in Mr. Boyle's four-volume series of colonial New England runaways, as identified in contemporary newspaper ads. The majority of the persons identified here are runaway servants and slaves, as well as apprentices, military deserters, horse thieves, counterfeiters, burglars, jail breakers, and murderers. This work also contains ads for runaways who did not originate in New England but who had connections there. In compiling...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806359404
• ISBN13: 9780806359403
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: Clearfield
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"