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Mrs. Dred Scott : a life on slavery's frontier /

In telling the life of Harriet, Dred's wife and co-litigant in the case, this book provides a compensatory history to the generations of work that missed key sources only recently brought to light. Moreover, it gives insight into the reasons and ways that slaves used the courts to establish the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: VanderVelde, Lea
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In telling the life of Harriet, Dred's wife and co-litigant in the case, this book provides a compensatory history to the generations of work that missed key sources only recently brought to light. Moreover, it gives insight into the reasons and ways that slaves used the courts to establish their freedom. --from publisher description.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (viii, 480 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map, portraits
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 443-466) and index.
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