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Fugitive Slave Law in The Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave and Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin [electronic resource] : An American Society Transforms Its Culture
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Del Guercio, Gerardo.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--19th century--History and criticism.
- Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895. Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave.
- Fugitive slaves--Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
- Law and literature--United States--History--19th century.
- Slavery in literature.
- Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896. Uncle Tom’s cabin.
- United States. Fugitive slave law (1850).
- Fugitive slaves--Legal status, laws, etc--19th century--United States.
- Fugitive slaves.
- Slavery in literature--History--19th century--United States.
- Law and literature--History and criticism.
- Law and literature.
- American literature.
- United States.
- Douglass, Frederick.
- Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896. Uncle Tom's cabin.
- Stowe, Harriet Beecher.
- Local Subjects:
- American literature--19th century--History and criticism.
- Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895. Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave.
- Fugitive slaves--Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
- Law and literature--United States--History--19th century.
- Slavery in literature.
- Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896. Uncle Tom’s cabin.
- United States. Fugitive slave law (1850).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (195 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book shows how abolitionists used rhetoric and discourse, rather than violence, to change opinions about slavery. Books like Uncle Tom's Cabin incite people to take action and they provoke a sense of urgency about the matter. Less than a decade before an impending civil war the United States enacted the Compromise of 1850, which among other things revived the Fugitive Slave Law of 1793 in a more aggravated form. The main stipulation of the law was to impose strict monetary and legal penalties against those who aided the escape or impeded the capture of fugitive slaves. Frederick Douglass
- Contents:
- ""THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW IN THE LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS, AN AMERICAN SLAVE AND HARRIET BEECHER STOWE'S UNCLE TOM'S CABIN: American Society Transforms Its Culture ""; ""Copyright Page ""; ""Dedication ""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""Abstract ""; ""Foreword ""; ""Preface ""; ""Acknowledgements ""; ""Introduction ""; ""Part One - Frederick Douglass : Renegade Narrator ""; ""Chapter One - Frederick Douglass' 1845 Narrative ""; ""Chapter Two - Education in the 1845 Narrative ""; ""Chapter Three - Douglass' Eternal Struggle ""; ""Part Two - Harriet Beecher Stowe: Northern Crusader ""
- ""Chapter Four - Harriet Beecher Stowe """"Chapter Five - Uncle Tom's Cabin ""; ""Chapter Six - The Next Generation ""; ""Conclusion ""; ""Bibliography ""; ""Contributors ""; ""Index ""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-7734-4409-2
- OCLC:
- 853362637
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