The Case of the Slave-Child, Med : Free Soil in Antislavery Boston /

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"In 1836, an enslaved six-year-old girl named Med was brought to Boston by a woman from New Orleans who claimed her as property. Learning of the girl's arrival in the city, the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society (BFASS) waged a legal fight to secure her freedom and affirm the free soil of...

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Autor principal: Weierman, Karen Woods, 1971- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2019]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Med > (Slave), > 1830-1838.
Slaves > Legal status, laws, etc.
Slavery.
Free African Americans.
Child slaves.
Antislavery movements.
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc.
Mouvements antiesclavagistes > Massachusetts > Boston.
Enfants esclaves > Massachusetts > Boston > Biographies.
Noirs americains affranchis > Massachusetts > Boston > Biographies.
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > Massachusetts.
Slaves > Legal status, laws, etc. > Massachusetts.
Slavery > Massachusetts > History.
Antislavery movements > Massachusetts > Boston.
Child slaves > Massachusetts > Boston > Biography.
Free African Americans > Massachusetts > Boston > Biography.
Massachusetts > Boston.
Massachusetts.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The said Med
  • Before Med : James Somerset and Phillis Wheatley
  • Slaves cannot breathe in Boston
  • All girls are bound to someone
  • Maria Sommersett, the American Stewart, and Dred Scott
  • Free soil fictions
  • Conclusion: Sarah, Ruby, and Med.

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