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Making Freedom: The Underground Railroad and the Politics of Slavery (Steven and Janice Brose Lectures in the Civil War Era)

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The 1850 Fugitive Slave Law, which mandated action to aid in the recovery of runaway slaves and denied fugitives legal rights if they were apprehended, quickly became a focal point in the debate over the future of slavery and the nature of the union. In Making Freedom, R. J. M. Blackett uses the experiences of escaped slaves and those who aided them to explore the inner workings of the Underground Railroad and the enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law, while shedding light on the political effects of slave escape in southern states, border states, and the North.
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R. J. M. Blackett is Andrew Jackson Professor of History at Vanderbilt University and author of Divided Hearts: Britain and the American Civil War, among other books.
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ISBN:
9781469608778
Subtitle:
The Underground Railroad and the Politics of Slavery
Author:
Blackett, R. J. M.
Publisher:
The University of North Carolina Press
Subject:
Fugitive slaves
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slave escapes from Maryland
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slave escapes from Tennessee
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slave escapes from Virginia
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northern black community support of fugitives
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1850 Fugitive Slave Law
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black community dislocations and Fugitive Slave Law
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application Fugitive Slave Law northern states
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slave fugitives returned
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Vigilance committees
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making self-emancipation
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slave escapes to Jamaica
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slave fugitives in Pennsylvania
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slave fugitives in New York
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going south to aid slave escape
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southern effort to prevent slave escape
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Richard J. Blackett /
Subject:
African American Studies-General
Publication Date:
20130930
Binding:
Hardback
Language:
English
Pages:
144
Dimensions:
8.5 x 5.5 in
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History and Social Science » Sociology » Slavery
History and Social Science » US History » 1800 to Civil War

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