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almahu_9949087339502882
Umfang:
1 online resource (348 pages) :
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illustrations, map.
ISBN:
9780814795460 (e-book)
Serie:
America and the long 19th century
Inhalt:
Studies lawsuits to gain freedom for slaves on the grounds of their having traveled to free territory, starting with Somerset v. Stewart (England, 1772), Commonwealth v. Aves (Massachussetts, 1836), Dred Scott v. Sanford, and cases brought questioning the legitimacy of Negro Seamen Acts in the antebellum coastal South. These lawsuits and accounts of them are compared to fugitive slave narratives to shed light on both. The differing impact of freedom obtained from such suits for men and women (women could claim that their children were free, once they were judged free) is examined.
Anmerkung:
Introduction: traveling slaves and the geopolitics of freedom -- Emancipation after "the Laws of Englishmen" -- Choosing kin in antislavery literature and law -- Gender of freedom before Dred Scott -- Crime of color in the Negro Seaman Acts -- Conclusion: fictions of free travel.
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version: Wong, Edlie L. Neither fugitive nor free : Atlantic slavery, freedom suits, and the legal culture of travel. New York : New York University Press, [2009] ISBN 9780814794555
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Amerikanistik
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books
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NYU Press Open Square
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http://nyu.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.18574/nyu/9780814794555.001.0001/upso-9780814794555
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