Neither Fugitive nor Free : Atlantic Slavery, Freedom Suits, and the Legal Culture of Travel

Neither Fugitive nor Free Atlantic Slavery, Freedom Suits, and the Legal Culture of Travel

Neither Fugitive nor Free draws on the freedom suit as recorded in the press and court documents to offer a critically and historically engaged understanding of the freedom celebrated in the literary and cultural histories of transatlantic abolitionism. Freedom suits involved those enslaved valets,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Wong, Edlie L., author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : New York University Press [2009]
Edición:1st ed
Colección:America and the long 19th century.
Materias:
Law in literature.
Slavery in literature.
Law and literature > United States > History > 19th century.
Slavery > Law and legislation > United States > History > 19th century.
Antislavery movements > United States > History > 19th century.
Enslaved persons > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States > History > 19th century.
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Slave narratives > History and criticism.
Black people > Travel > History > 19th century.
Enslaved persons > Travel > History > 19th century.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front matter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1 Emancipation after “the Laws of Englishmen”
  • 2 Choosing Kin in Antislavery Literature and Law
  • 3 The Gender of Freedom before Dred Scott
  • 4 The Crime of Color in the Negro Seamen Acts
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Index
  • About the Author

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