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Stealing freedom along the Mason-Dixon Line : Thomas McCreary, the notorious slave catcher from Maryland Milt Diggins
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks E 445 .M3 D54 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Diggins, Milt, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- McCreary, Thomas, -1870.
- McCreary, Thomas.
- Slavery--Maryland--History--19th century.
- Slavery.
- Fugitive slaves--Maryland--History--19th century.
- Fugitive slaves.
- United States. Fugitive slave law (1850).
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 238 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Maryland Historical Society, 2015.
- Contents:
- The maelstrom
- A failed compromise
- "Hanging the first abolitionist that they catch in Maryland"
- The trials of Rachel Parker
- Kidnapping ... or slave catching?
- End of an era.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-226) and index.
- Local Notes:
- The Pennsylvania Abolition Society Complementary Collection.
- ISBN:
- 9780984213542
- 0984213546
- OCLC:
- 915309946
- Publisher Number:
- 40025706835
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