New book chronicles the life of an enslaved man on the run in the 1700s
January 12, 2026
January 12, 2026
SANTA CRUZ, California, Jan. 12 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news:
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New book chronicles the life of an enslaved man on the run in the 1700s
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David George was born enslaved in Virginia in 1742, but he never gave up on his fight for freedom.
At age 19, he slipped away from a brutal enslaver, fleeing the plantation around midnight and heading southwest. Running by night, fording rivers . . .
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New book chronicles the life of an enslaved man on the run in the 1700s
*
David George was born enslaved in Virginia in 1742, but he never gave up on his fight for freedom.
At age 19, he slipped away from a brutal enslaver, fleeing the plantation around midnight and heading southwest. Running by night, fording rivers . . .