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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Weierman, Karen Woods, 1971- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2019]
Series:Childhoods: interdisciplinary perspectives on children and youth.
Subjects:
Med > (Slave), > 1830-1838.
Free African Americans > Massachusetts > Boston > Biography.
Enslaved children > Massachusetts > Boston > Biography.
Antislavery movements > Massachusetts > Boston.
Slavery > Massachusetts > History.
Enslaved persons > Legal status, laws, etc. > Massachusetts.
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > Massachusetts.
Noirs américains affranchis > Massachusetts > Boston > Biographies.
Enfants esclaves > Massachusetts > Boston > Biographies.
Mouvements antiesclavagistes > Massachusetts > Boston.
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc.
Antislavery movements
Enslaved children
Free African Americans
Slavery
Enslaved persons > Legal status, laws, etc.
Massachusetts
Massachusetts > Boston
Electronic books.
Biographies
History
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.

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