The captive's quest for freedom : fugitive slaves, the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law, and the politics of...
The captive's quest for freedom : fugitive slaves, the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law, and the politics of...
The captive's quest for freedom : fugitive slaves, the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law, and the politics of slavery / R.J.M. Blackett, Vanderbilt University, Tennessee.
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Publisher
New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Call Numbers
G 2019/0015
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xvii, 511 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Part I. The slave power asserts its rights. The Fugitive Slave Law -- The law does its work -- Compromise and colonize -- Part II. Freedom's fires burn. Missouri and Illinois -- Western Kentucky and Indiana -- Eastern Kentucky and Ohio -- Southeast Pennsylvania -- Eastern shore of Maryland and Phila...
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Publisher
New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2018.
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Summary
"[This book explores] the impact fugitive slaves had on the politics of the critical decade leading up to the Civil War. Through the close reading of diverse sources ranging from government documents to personal accounts, [the author] traces the decisions of slaves to escape, the actions of those who assisted them, the many ways black communities r...
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The captive's quest for freedom : fugitive slaves, the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law, and the politics of slavery / R.J.M. Blackett, Vanderbilt University, Tennessee.
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Notes
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Slaveries since emancipation
Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-481) and index.
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©2018
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G 2019/0015
Record Identifier
74VKVjOLwyOg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVjOLwyOg
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ISBN
1108407773 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
9781108418713 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
1108418716 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
9781108407779 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
DDC
973.7115
MMS ID
991024210054302626
