The hanging of Thomas Jeremiah : a free Black man's encounter with liberty /

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The tragic untold story of how a nation struggling for its freedom denied it to one of its own.In 1775, Thomas Jeremiah was one of fewer than five hundred "Free Negros" in South Carolina and, with an estimated worth of £1,000 (about.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Harris, J. William, 1946-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2009.
Temas:
Jeremiah, Thomas, > -1775 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Laurens, Henry, > 1724-1792.
Campbell, William, > 1745-1781.
Campbell, William, > 1745-1781
Jeremiah, Thomas, > -1775
Laurens, Henry, > 1724-1792
1700-1799
Free African Americans > South Carolina > Charleston > Social conditions.
Free African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > South Carolina > Charleston.
Liberty > Political aspects > United States > History > 18th century.
Liberty > Social aspects > United States > History > 18th century.
Slavery > United States > History > 18th century.
Noirs américains affranchis > Caroline du Sud > Charleston > Conditions sociales.
Liberté > Aspect politique > États-Unis > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Liberté > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Esclavage > États-Unis > Histoire > 18e siècle.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > State & Local.
HISTORY > Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
Free African Americans > Social conditions
Liberty > Political aspects
Liberty > Social aspects
Race relations
Slavery
Social conditions
Charleston (S.C.) > Race relations > 18th century.
Charleston (S.C.) > Social conditions > 18th century.
South Carolina > Charleston
United States
Biography
Trial and arbitral proceedings
Biographies
History
Trials, litigation, etc.
Biographies.
Trial and arbitral proceedings.
Comptes rendus de procès et d'arbitrage.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Trials
  • Liberty and slavery. "Slavery may truly be said to be the peculiar curse of this land" ; "Those natural and inherent rights that we all feel, and know, as men" ; "God will deliver his own people from slavery"
  • Liberty's trials. "A plan, for instigating the slaves to insurrection" ; "The young King was about to alter the world, & set the Negroes free" ; "Dark, hellish plots" ; "Justice is satisfied"
  • Thomas Jeremiah and the historians.

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