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Les Afro-Néo-Écossais à l'époque de l'esclavage et de l'abolition

Annonce au sujet d'un serviteur sous contrat de servitude fugitif, James Wallace

The merchants Cochran of Halifax warn readers that they will not honour any debts contracted by young James Wallace.

Free black people often "bound out" themselves, or their children, as indentured servants in order to make ends meet.

date: 11 June 1799

numéro de référence: Nova Scotia Archives Royal Gazette 11 June 1799 page 3 (microfilm 8168)

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