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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.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Blackett, R. J. M., 1943- author.
- Series:
- Slaveries since emancipation
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Fugitive slave law (1850).
- United States.
- Fugitive slave law (United States : 1850).
- Fugitive slaves--United States.
- Fugitive slaves.
- Fugitive slaves--Legal status, laws, etc--United States.
- Fugitive slaves--Legal status, laws, etc.
- Slavery--Political aspects--United States--History--19th century.
- Slavery.
- Slavery--Political aspects.
- History.
- Slavery--United States--Legal status of enslaved persons in free states.
- Slavery--Legal status of enslaved persons in free states.
- Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century.
- Antislavery movements.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 511 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
- 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 Philadelphia
- New York
- Massachusetts
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781108418713
- 1108418716
- 9781108407779
- 1108407773
- OCLC:
- 1004424907
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