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1 online resource (viii, 337 pages :) : illustrations |
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text file |
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America and the long 19th century.
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OldControl:muse9780814795460. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: traveling slaves and the geopolitics of freedom -- Emancipation after "the Laws of Englishmen" -- Choosing kin in antislavery literature and law -- Gender of freedom before Dred Scott -- Crime of color in the Negro Seaman Acts -- Conclusion: fictions of free travel. |
| Summary |
Studies lawsuits to gain freedom for slaves on the grounds of their having traveled to free territory, starting with Somerset v. Stewart (England, 1772), Commonwealth v. Aves (Massachussetts, 1836), Dred Scott v. Sanford, and cases brought questioning the legitimacy of Negro Seamen Acts in the antebellum coastal South. These lawsuits and accounts of them are compared to fugitive slave narratives to shed light on both. The differing impact of freedom obtained from such suits for men and women (women could claim that their children were free, once they were judged free) is examined. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Law in literature.
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Law in literature. |
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Slavery in literature.
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Slavery in literature. |
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Law and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Law and literature. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Slavery -- Law and legislation. |
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Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Antislavery movements. |
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Enslaved persons -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Enslaved persons -- Legal status, laws, etc. |
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Enslaved persons. |
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American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism.
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American literature -- African American authors. |
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American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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American literature. |
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Slave narratives -- History and criticism.
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Slave narratives. |
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Black people -- Travel -- History -- 19th century.
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Black people. |
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Travel. |
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Enslaved persons -- Travel -- History -- 19th century.
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| Indexed Term |
"Multi-User" |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Dictionaries.
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Dictionaries.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: (DLC) 2009001473 (OCoLC)290414762 |
| ISBN |
9780814795460 (electronic book) |
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0814795463 (electronic book) |
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9780814794555 (cl ; alkaline paper) |
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0814794556 (cl ; alkaline paper) |
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9780814794562 (pb ; alkaline paper) |
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0814794564 (pb ; alkaline paper) |
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9780814794654 |
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0814794653 |
