Making freedom : the Underground Railroad and the politics of slavery / R.J.M. Blackett.

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Steven and Janice Brose lectures in the Civil War era.
Main Author: Blackett, R. J. M., 1943-
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2013]
Series:Steven and Janice Brose lectures in the Civil War era.
Subjects:
Fugitive slaves > United States.
Fugitive slaves > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Underground Railroad.
United States. > Fugitive slave law (1850)
Slavery > Political aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Slavery > United States > Legal status of enslaved persons in free states.
United States > Politics and government > 1815-1861.
Physical Description:xii, 122 pages ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Making their way to freedom
  • The workings of the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law
  • Taking leave: fugitive slaves and the politics of slavery
  • Counternarratives.