OzikoroDocumenting Resistance: Igbo Fugitives in Colonial Jamaica
An 18th-century Jamaican newspaper advertisement offers a reward for capturing escaped enslaved people, preserved in a historical compilation of such notices (Rucker, 2013). This document lists over 100 individuals identified as Igbo (recorded as “Eboe”), providing valuable evidence of resistance among enslaved communities, especially that of the Igbo. The advertisement explains the brutal system of…