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Slavery's fugitives and the making of the United States Constitution / Timothy Messer-Kruse.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Messer-Kruse, Timothy, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Enslaved persons--Emancipation--United States--History--18th century.
- Enslaved persons.
- Fugitive slaves--Legal status, laws, etc--United States.
- Fugitive slaves.
- African American loyalists--Legal status, laws, etc--United States.
- African American loyalists.
- Constitutional history--United States.
- Constitutional history.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Participation, African American.
- United States.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--British forces.
- United States--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Foreign relations--United States.
- Great Britain.
- United States--Politics and government--1775-1783.
- United States--Politics and government--1783-1809.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2024]
- Contents:
- Recapture of slavery's fugitives in the early republic
- America's broken first treaty of peace
- The "carried off" and American protest
- The rope of sand
- Jay's treaty and the politics of recapture.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Baltimore, MD Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 10, 2024).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Messer-Kruse, Timothy. Slavery's fugitives and the making of the United States Constitution
- ISBN:
- 9780807183335
- 0807183334
- 9780807183151
- 0807183156
- Publisher Number:
- 40032512679
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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