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Author:
Blackett, R. J. M., 1943- author.
Title:
The captive's quest for freedom : resistance to the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law / Richard J.M. Blackett, Vanderbilt University, Tennessee.
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press,
Copyright Date:
2017
Description:
pages cm.
Subject:
United States.--Fugitive Slave Law (1850)
Fugitive slave law (United States : 1850)
Fugitive slaves--United States.
Fugitive slaves--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States.
Slavery--History--United States--History--19th century.
Slavery--United States--Legal status of slaves in free states.
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century.
Antislavery movements.
Fugitive slaves.
Fugitive slaves--Legal status, laws, etc.
Slavery--Legal status of slaves in free states.
Slavery--Political aspects.
United States.
1800-1899
History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Part I. The slave power asserts its rights -- The Fugitive Slave Law -- The law does its work -- Compromise and colonize -- Part II. Freedom's fires burn -- Missouri and Illinois -- Western Kentucky and Indiana -- Eastern Kentucky and Ohio -- Southeast Pennsylvania -- Eastern shore of Maryland and Philadelphia -- New York -- Massachusetts -- Conclusion.
Series:
Slaveries since emancipation
ISBN:
1108407773
9781108407779
1108418716
9781108418713
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1004424907
LCCN:
2017043999
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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