A dated list records twenty-seven enslaved people fleeing from thirteen sugar estates across at least eight Pernambuco localities. It lists twenty men and seven women, aged fifteen to fifty-six, and identifies routes toward the northern ports. The list is an administrative trace of people’s movement, but its categories do not capture their full motives, relationships, or the dangers they faced.
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What does the 4 April 1887 list document?
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The list traces a specific group of fugitives and their origins.
The 1887 list records people escaping from multiple plantations and localities.
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It tracks twenty-seven people from thirteen estates and at least eight localities.