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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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Bolton, S. Charles (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2019
Collection:Arkansas history (Fayetteville, Ark.)
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Slaves > Southern States > Social conditions.
Slavery > Mississippi River Valley Region > History > 19th century.
Fugitive slaves > Mississippi River Valley Region > History > 19th century.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.

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