The Captive's Quest for Freedom : Fugitive Slaves, the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law, and the Politics of Slavery Paperback / softback
by R. J. M. (Vanderbilt University, Tennessee) Blackett
Part of the Slaveries since Emancipation series
Paperback / softback
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This magisterial study, ten years in the making by one of the field's most distinguished historians, will be the first to explore 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, Richard J.
M. Blackett traces the decisions of slaves to escape, the actions of those who assisted them, the many ways black communities responded to the capture of fugitive slaves, and how local laws either buttressed or undermined enforcement of the federal law.
Every effort to enforce the law in northern communities produced levels of subversion that generated national debate so much so that, on the eve of secession, many in the South, looking back on the decade, could argue that the law had been effectively subverted by those individuals and states who assisted fleeing slaves.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:526 pages, Worked examples or Exercises; 7 Maps; 12 Halftones, black and white
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:25/01/2018
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- ISBN:9781108407779
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:526 pages, Worked examples or Exercises; 7 Maps; 12 Halftones, black and white
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:25/01/2018
- Category:
- ISBN:9781108407779
