Colonial America
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‘Four Pounds…and Reasonable Charges’: Runaway Servants from the Pennsylvania Gazette
‘ Anyone reading the Pennsylvania Gazette in the 1750s could not have missed the numerous adverts placed by subscribers offering a reward and ‘reasonable charges’ for the return of runaway servants. The Oxford Research Encyclopedia claims that between the 16th and 18th Centuries, approximately 320,000 indentured servants sailed from the British Isles and other parts Continue reading
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‘Preserved from the Jaws of Death’ : The Deliverance of Elizabeth and William Fleming
At the beginning of November 1755, four months after General Edward Braddock’s disastrous defeat on the Monongahela, Shawnee and Lenape (Delaware) warriors led by Shingas launched a series of devastating attacks on the Great Cove area of the Province of Pennsylvania. On November 1, a party of about 100 Lenape and Shawnee warriors launched attacks Continue reading
Hellish Fiends, and Brutish Men 