Freedom at Risk : The Kidnapping of Free Blacks in America, 1780-1865

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Kidnapping was perhaps the greatest fear of free blacks in pre-Civil War America. Though they may have descended from generations of free-born people or worked to purchase their freedom, free blacks were not able to enjoy the privileges and opportunities of white Americans. They lived with the const...

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Autor principal: Wilson, Carol, 1962-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2009.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Slavery.
Kidnapping.
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc.
African Americans.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Esclavage > États-Unis.
Noirs americains > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1863.
Slavery > United States.
Kidnapping > United States > History > 19th century.
Kidnapping > United States > History > 18th century.
African Americans > History > To 1863.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Kidnapping was perhaps the greatest fear of free blacks in pre-Civil War America. Though they may have descended from generations of free-born people or worked to purchase their freedom, free blacks were not able to enjoy the privileges and opportunities of white Americans. They lived with the constant threat of kidnapping and enslavement, against which they had little recourse. Most kidnapped free blacks were forcibly abducted, but other methods, such as luring victims with job offers or falsely claiming free people as fugitive slaves, were used as well. Kidnapping of blacks was actually facil.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (184 pages).
ISBN:9780813149790

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