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Eve - Newspaper Advertisement for Eve
February 2, 1782; From “The Virginia Gazette”
On February 2, 1782, Peyton Randolph’s nephew, Harrison, advertised in “The Virginia Gazette” that Eve ran away from slavery after the Siege of Yorktown. It is unknown if she was successful. Runaway advertisements are valuable documents for historians studying enslaved people because they help confirm a variety of biographical details such as age, location, and physical appearance.
Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary