Neither Fugitive nor Free : Atlantic Slavery, Freedom Suits, and the Legal Culture of Travel /

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Neither Fugitive nor Free draws on the freedom suit as recorded in the press and court documents to offer a critically and historically engaged understanding of the freedom celebrated in the literary and cultural histories of transatlantic abolitionism. Freedom suits involved those enslaved valets,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wong, Edlie L. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : New York University Press, [2009]
Colección:America and the long 19th century.
Temas:
1800-1899
Law in literature.
Slavery in literature.
Law and literature > United States > History > 19th century.
Slavery > Law and legislation > United States > History > 19th century.
Antislavery movements > United States > History > 19th century.
Enslaved persons > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States > History > 19th century.
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Slave narratives > History and criticism.
Black people > Travel > History > 19th century.
Enslaved persons > Travel > History > 19th century.
Droit dans la littérature.
Esclavage dans la littérature.
Droit et littérature > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Mouvements antiesclavagistes > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Littérature américaine > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Récits d'esclaves > Histoire et critique.
Personnes noires > Voyages > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Esclaves > Voyages > Histoire > 19e siècle.
American literature
American literature > African American authors
Antislavery movements
Law and literature
Law in literature
Slave narratives
Slavery in literature
Slavery > Law and legislation
Enslaved persons > Legal status, laws, etc.
United States
African.
American.
Free.
Fugitive.
Neither.
Situated.
confluence.
criticism.
feminism.
freedom.
genre.
history.
legal.
literary.
new.
presents.
studies.
suit.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1 Emancipation after "the Laws of Englishmen"
  • 2 Choosing Kin in Antislavery Literature and Law
  • 3 The Gender of Freedom before Dred Scott
  • 4 The Crime of Color in the Negro Seamen Acts
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Index
  • About the Author

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