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02637cam a22005174a 4500 001 685A96926BFF11DEA13FF332A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20100120073657 008 090115s2009 nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2009001473 020 $a 0814794564 (pb : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780814794562 (pb : alk. paper) 020 $a 0814794556 (cl : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780814794555 (cl : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)290414762 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d UKM $d CDX $d BWX $d VVC $d LUI $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a PS217.S55 $b W66 2009 050 4 $a HT851 082 00 $a 810.9/3552 $2 22 082 4 $a 305.567 100 1 $a Wong, Edlie L. 245 1 $a Neither fugitive nor free : $b Atlantic slavery, freedom suits, and the legal culture of travel / $c Edlie L. Wong. 260 $a New York : $b New York University Press, $c c2009. 300 $a viii, 337 p. : $b ill. ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a America and the long 19th century 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a 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. 650 0 $a Slaves $x History $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Blacks $x History $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Slave narratives $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a American literature $y 19th century $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a American literature $x History and criticism. $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Slaves $x History $z United States $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Antislavery movements $z United States $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Slavery $x History $z United States $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Law and literature $z United States $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Slavery in literature. 650 0 $a Law in literature. 830 0 $a America and the long 19th century. 941 $a 3 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231019012753.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160824025553.0 952 $l N5UX522 $d 20100120073657.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=685A96926BFF11DEA13FF332A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b LUIInitiate Another SILO Locator Search