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100 1 Weierman, Karen Woods,|d1971-|0https://id.loc.gov/
authorities/names/n2004148118|eauthor.
245 14 The Case of the Slave-Child, Med|bFree Soil in Antislavery
Boston /|cKaren Woods Weierman.
264 1 Amherst :|bUniversity of Massachusetts Press,|c2019.
264 3 Baltimore, Md. :|bProject MUSE, |c2019.
264 4 |c©2019.
300 1 online resource (pages cm)
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
337 computer|bc|2rdamedia
338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier
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504 Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 Introduction: The said Med -- Before Med : James Somerset
and Phillis Wheatley -- Slaves cannot breathe in Boston --
All girls are bound to someone -- Maria Sommersett, the
American Stewart, and Dred Scott -- Free soil fictions --
Conclusion: Sarah, Ruby, and Med.
506 0 Open Access|fUnrestricted online access|2star
520 "In 1836, an enslaved six-year-old girl named Med was
brought to Boston by a woman from New Orleans who claimed
her as property. Learning of the girl's arrival in the
city, the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society (BFASS) waged
a legal fight to secure her freedom and affirm the free
soil of Massachusetts. While Chief Justice Lemuel Shaw
ruled quite narrowly in the case that enslaved people
brought to Massachusetts could not be held against their
will, BFASS claimed a broad victory for the abolitionist
cause, and Med was released to the care of a local
institution. When she died two years later, celebration
quickly turned to silence, and her story was soon
forgotten. As a result, Commonwealth v. Aves is little
known outside of legal scholarship. In this book, Karen
Woods Weierman complicates Boston's identity as the
birthplace of abolition and the cradle of liberty, and
restores Med to her rightful place in antislavery history
by situating her story in the context of other writings on
slavery, childhood, and the law"--|cProvided by publisher.
588 Description based on print version record.
590 Project Muse|bProject Muse Open Access
600 01 Med|c(Slave),|d1830-1838.
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sh85123347|xLegal status, laws, etc.|0https://id.loc.gov/
authorities/subjects/sh99004999|zMassachusetts.|0https://
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650 0 Antislavery movements|zMassachusetts|zBoston.|0https://
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650 0 Enslaved children|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects
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651 7 Massachusetts|zBoston.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast
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655 7 Electronic books. .|2local
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710 2 Project Muse,|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/
n96089174|edistributor.
830 0 Book collections on Project MUSE.
856 40 |zOnline eBook. Open Access via Project Muse. |uhttps://
muse.jhu.edu/book/68189/
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