Fugitive slaves and the unfinished American Revolution : eight cases, 1848-1856 / Gordon S. Barker.

"This book posits that the American Revolution--waged to form a "more perfect union"--still raged after the guns went silent. Eight fugitive slave stories of the antebellum era demonstrate how fugitive slaves and their abolitionist allies embraced Patrick Henry's motto "Give me Liberty or Give me De...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Barker, Gordon S., 1952-
Language:	English
Published:	Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2013]
Subjects:	Fugitive slaves > United States. Fugitive slaves > United States > Biography.
Genre:	Biography.
Physical Description:	vii, 221 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Format:	Book