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Author:

Blackett, R. J. M., 1943- author.

Title:

The captive's quest for freedom : fugitive slaves, the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law, and the politics of slavery / R.J.M. Blackett, Vanderbilt University, Tennessee.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xvii, 511 pages ; 24 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:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GAAX314 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Peosta (Peosta)

UUAX975 -- Briar Cliff University - Mueller Library (Sioux City)