LEADER 00000cam a2200637 i 4500 001 ocn866766476 003 OCoLC 005 20170106021344.0 008 131220s2014 enka bv 001 0 eng 010 2013040017 015 GBB359021|2bnb 016 7 016448413|2Uk 019 819136186|a880892487|a893184461|a935948316 020 0199927294|q(hardback ;|qalkaline paper) 020 9780199927296|q(hardback ;|qalkaline paper) 035 (OCoLC)866766476|z(OCoLC)819136186|z(OCoLC)880892487 |z(OCoLC)893184461|z(OCoLC)935948316 040 DLC|beng|erda|cDLC|dIG#|dYDXCP|dBTCTA|dUKMGB|dOCLCF|dTLE |dABG|dCHVBK|dCOO|dRCJ|dCLU|dCDX|dZCU|dOCLCQ|dRID 042 pcc 043 n-us--- 049 RIDM 050 00 KF4545.S5|bV36 2014 082 00 342.7308/7|223 084 HIS036050|aHIS036120|2bisacsh 090 KF4545.S5|bV36 2014 100 1 VanderVelde, Lea,|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ n2008042813|eauthor. 245 10 Redemption songs :|bsuing for freedom before Dred Scott / |cLea VanderVelde. 264 1 Oxford ;|aNew York, NY :|bOxford University Press,|c[2014] 300 xii, 305 pages :|billustrations ;|c24 cm 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references (265-287) and index. 505 0 A metaphor for the voices of the subordinate buried in history -- Peter's dual redemption -- The three daughters of Marie Scypion -- Winny and her children -- The kidnap of Lydia's children -- John Merry, also known as Jean Marie : free born -- David Shipman -- The Duncan Brothers : Black and white -- Leah Charleville -- Sex and servitude in women litigants' cases -- Yours truly, Lucy A. Delaney -- The slaves of Milton Duty -- Canadienne Rose -- The final chapter. 520 "The Dred Scott case is the most notorious example of slaves suing for freedom. Most examinations of the case focus on its notorious verdict, and the repercussions that the decision set off-especially the worsening of the sectional crisis that would eventually lead to the Civil War-were extreme. In conventional assessment, a slave losing a lawsuit against his master seems unremarkable. But in fact, that case was just one of many freedom suits brought by slaves in the antebellum period; an example of slaves working within the confines of the U.S. legal system (and defying their masters in the process) in an attempt to win the ultimate prize: their freedom. And until Dred Scott, the St. Louis courts adhered to the rule of law to serve justice by recognizing the legal rights of the least well-off. For over a decade, legal scholar Lea VanderVelde has been building and examining a collection of more than 300 newly discovered freedom suits in St. Louis. In Redemption Songs, VanderVelde describes twelve of these never-before analyzed cases in close detail. Through these remarkable accounts, she takes readers beyond the narrative of the Dred Scott case to weave a diverse tapestry of freedom suits and slave lives on the frontier. By grounding this research in St. Louis, a city defined by the Antebellum frontier, VanderVelde reveals the unique circumstances surrounding the institution of slavery in westward expansion. Her investigation shows the enormous degree of variation among the individual litigants in the lives that lead to their decision to file suit for freedom. Although Dred Scott's loss is the most widely remembered, over 100 of the 300 St. Louis cases that went to court resulted in the plaintiff's emancipation. Beyond the successful outcomes, the very existence of these freedom suits helped to reshape the parameters of American slavery in the nation's expansion. Thanks to VanderVelde's thorough and original research, we can hear for the first time the vivid stories of a seemingly powerless group who chose to use a legal system that was so often arrayed against them in their fight for freedom from slavery"--|cProvided by publisher. 561 Gift of Professor John M. 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