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A '''country mark''' is a type of [[scarification]] noted among 18th century and 19th century slaves brought to [[North America]] as part of the [[Atlantic slave trade]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chambers |first1=Douglas B. |title=African Runaway Slaves in the Anglo-American Atlantic World, Vol. I: North America |url=http://nebula.wsimg.com/47f581a8b3d3e079601ab7822949c85f?AccessKeyId=B0386676433B08CF4A69&disposition=0&alloworigin=1 |publisher=Igbo History Foundation |access-date=4 September 2022}}</ref> Country marks were commonly used to identify individual slaves and were frequently mentioned in newspaper advertisements that attempted to find escaped slaves. Historians of the slave trade have used country marks to identify the national origins of individual slaves, whose origins may not have been recorded in print.<ref>{{cite news |title=Traditional African scars are helping researches tell the stories of the slave trade |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/scarification-trent-ocad-slave-trade-identity-1.5014143 |access-date=4 September 2022 |work=CBC News |date=11 February 2019}}</ref> |
A '''country mark''' is a type of [[scarification]] noted among 18th century and 19th century slaves brought to [[North America]] as part of the [[Atlantic slave trade]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chambers |first1=Douglas B. |title=African Runaway Slaves in the Anglo-American Atlantic World, Vol. I: North America |url=http://nebula.wsimg.com/47f581a8b3d3e079601ab7822949c85f?AccessKeyId=B0386676433B08CF4A69&disposition=0&alloworigin=1 |publisher=Igbo History Foundation |access-date=4 September 2022}}</ref> Country marks were commonly used to identify individual slaves and were frequently mentioned in newspaper advertisements that attempted to find escaped slaves. Historians of the slave trade have used country marks to identify the national origins of individual slaves, whose origins may not have been recorded in print.<ref>{{cite news |title=Traditional African scars are helping researches tell the stories of the slave trade |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/scarification-trent-ocad-slave-trade-identity-1.5014143 |access-date=4 September 2022 |work=CBC News |date=11 February 2019}}</ref> |
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A country mark is a type of scarification noted among 18th century and 19th century slaves brought to North America as part of the Atlantic slave trade.[1] Country marks were commonly used to identify individual slaves and were frequently mentioned in newspaper advertisements that attempted to find escaped slaves. Historians of the slave trade have used country marks to identify the national origins of individual slaves, whose origins may not have been recorded in print.[2]
- ^ Chambers, Douglas B. "African Runaway Slaves in the Anglo-American Atlantic World, Vol. I: North America". Igbo History Foundation. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ "Traditional African scars are helping researches tell the stories of the slave trade". CBC News. 11 February 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2022.