Runaways

"Apt to get drunk at all Opportunities": White Pennsylvania Runaways, 1750-1762

"Drinks hard, and swears much": White Maryland Runaways, 1770-1774

"Famous for inventing Lies": Pennsylvania Runaways, 1784-1790

"Fond of liquor, dancing and gaming": New-York Runaways, 1769-1783

"Given to drinking and whoring": White Maryland Runaways, 1720-1762

"He is a person of very ill fame": New-England Runaways, 1755-1768

"Lazy, loves strong Drink, and is a Glutton": White Pennsylvania Runaways, 1720-1749

"Much addicted to strong drink and swearing": White Pennsylvania Runaways, 1769-1772

"Much given to Liquor, and chewing Tobacco": White Pennsylvania Runaways, 1763-1768

"Much given to Strong Liquor, and low company": White Pennsylvania Runaways, 1773-1775

"much given to Talk and bad Company": New-England Runaways, 1704-1754

"she snuffs, drinks and smokes": White Pennsylvania Runaways, 1776-1783

"Sly and Artful Rogues": Maryland Runaways, 1775-1781

"smooth tongued and deceitful": White New Jersey Runaways, 1767-1783

"Stiles himself a Prize fighter": New-York Runaways, 1706-1768

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

"Wasteing my Substance by Riotous living": New-England Runaways, 1778-1783

"When drunk is very bold": White Maryland Runaways, 1763-1769

Absconders, Runaways and Other Fugitives in the Baltimore City and County Jail

Maryland and Virginia Convict Runaways, 1725-1900: A Survey of English Sources

Runaways of Colonial New Jersey: Indentured Servants, Slaves, Deserters, and Prisoners, 1720-1781

The King's Passengers to Maryland and Virginia

The Underground Railroad and the Picayune Connection

“These are artful villains”: Maryland Runaways, 1789-1794