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Escape to the city : fugitive slaves in the antebellum urban South /

"Viola Franziska Müller examines runaways who camouflaged themselves among the free Black populations in Baltimore, Charleston, New Orleans, and Richmond. In the urban South, they found shelter, work, and other survival networks that enabled them to live in slaveholding territory, shielded and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Müller, Viola Franziska, 1987- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2022]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"Viola Franziska Müller examines runaways who camouflaged themselves among the free Black populations in Baltimore, Charleston, New Orleans, and Richmond. In the urban South, they found shelter, work, and other survival networks that enabled them to live in slaveholding territory, shielded and supported by their host communities in an act of collective resistance to slavery"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (pages cm.)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781469671086
1469671085