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Newspaper advertisements seeking the recapture of fugitives frequently described runaways as cheerful and well-disposed, as if their escapes were inexplicable. But these notices inadvertently offered a record of abusive treatment—mentions of scars and other injuries that would help identify the runaway—that provided powerful

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Newspaper advertisements seeking the recapture of fugitives frequently described runaways as cheerful and well-disposed, as if their escapes were inexplicable. But these notices inadvertently offered a record of abusive treatment—mentions of scars and other injuries that would help identify the runaway—that provided powerful

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