The case of the slave-child, Med : free soil in antislavery Boston /
"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...
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Amherst :
University of Massachusetts Press,
[2019]
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Series: | Childhoods: interdisciplinary perspectives on children and youth.
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Subjects: | |
Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 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.