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Making freedom : the Underground Railroad and the politics of slavery /
The 1850 Fugitive Slave Law, which mandated action to aid in the recovery of runaway slaves and denied fugitives legal rights if they were apprehended, quickly became a focal point in the debate over the future of slavery and the nature of the union. This book uses the experiences of escaped slaves...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
The University of North Carolina Press,
[2013]
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| Colección: | Steven and Janice Brose lectures in the Civil War era.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The 1850 Fugitive Slave Law, which mandated action to aid in the recovery of runaway slaves and denied fugitives legal rights if they were apprehended, quickly became a focal point in the debate over the future of slavery and the nature of the union. This book uses the experiences of escaped slaves and those who aided them to explore the inner workings of the Underground Railroad and the enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law, while shedding light on the political effects of slave escape in southern states, border states, and the North. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 122 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-116) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781469608785 1469608782 9781469611792 1469611791 |