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.
"[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 wh...
| Uniform Title: | Slaveries since emancipation.
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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY, USA :
Cambridge University Press,
2018.
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| Series: | Slaveries since emancipation.
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 511 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Format: | Book |