Fugitivism : escaping slavery in the lower Mississippi Valley, 1820-1860 /

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During the antebellum years, over 750,000 enslaved people were taken to the Lower Mississippi Valley, where two-thirds of them were sold in the slave markets of New Orleans, Natchez, and Memphis. Those who ended up in Louisiana found themselves in an environment of swamplands, sugar plantations, Fre...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bolton, S. Charles (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Fayetteville [AR] : The University of Arkansas Press, 2019.
Series:Arkansas history
Subjects:
1800-1899
Fugitive slaves > Mississippi River Valley Region > History > 19th century.
Slavery > Mississippi River Valley Region > History > 19th century.
Enslaved persons > Southern States > Social conditions.
Esclaves > États-Unis (Sud) > Conditions sociales.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
HISTORY > General.
Fugitive slaves.
Slavery.
Enslaved persons > Social conditions.
Southern States.
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The lower Mississippi Valley
  • Counties and percentage of enslaved people in 1860
  • Introduction
  • The honest growler and absentee slaves
  • Like ants into a pantry
  • I would rather a Negro do anything else than runaway
  • Dem boat am in de water
  • The urban runaway
  • Stealing slaves to sell or save
  • Each one is made a policeman
  • Federal fugitives, the kidnapper captain, and gruesome stories
  • Post script

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