Profile of Runaway Slaves in Virginia and South Carolina from 1730 through 1787

Lathan Algerna Windley was Associate Professor ofHistory at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland.

• Chapter 1 The Legal Setting; Chapter 2 The Fugitive as a Physical Specimen; Chapter 3 The Fugitive’s Degree of Acculturation; Chapter 4 Fugitive Demeanor and Discourse; Chapter 5 Flight and Destination; Chapter 6 The Development of the Fugitive Slave Clause in the Constitutional Convention; Chapter 7 Conclusion;