The case of the slave-child, Med : free soil in antislavery Boston /
Weierman, Karen Woods, 1971-
The case of the slave-child, Med : free soil in antislavery Boston / Karen Woods Weierman. - Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, (c)2019. - 1 online resource (xv, 164 pages) - Childhoods: Interdisciplinary perspectives on children and youth .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction: The said Med -- Before Med : James Somerset and Phillis Wheatley -- Slaves cannot breathe in Boston -- All girls are bound to someone -- Maria Sommersett, the American Stewart, and Dred Scott -- Free soil fictions -- Conclusion: Sarah, Ruby, and Med.
"In 1836, an enslaved six-year-old girl named Med was brought to Boston by a woman from New Orleans who claimed her as property. Learning of the girl's arrival in the city, the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society (BFASS) waged a legal fight to secure her freedom and affirm the free soil of Massachusetts. While Chief Justice Lemuel Shaw ruled quite narrowly in the case that enslaved people brought to Massachusetts could not be held against their will, BFASS claimed a broad victory for the abolitionist cause, and Med was released to the care of a local institution. When she died two years later, celebration quickly turned to silence, and her story was soon forgotten. As a result, Commonwealth v. Aves is little known outside of legal scholarship. In this book, Karen Woods Weierman complicates Boston's identity as the birthplace of abolition and the cradle of liberty, and restores Med to her rightful place in antislavery history by situating her story in the context of other writings on slavery, childhood, and the law"--
9781613767184
2019019896
Med (Slave), 1830-1838.
Med (Slave), 1830-1838.
Free African Americans--Massachusetts--Boston--Biography.
Enslaved children--Massachusetts--Boston--Biography.
Antislavery movements--Massachusetts--Boston.
Slavery--History.--Massachusetts
Enslaved persons--Legal status, laws, etc.--Massachusetts.
African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.--Massachusetts.
Electronic Books.
E450 / .C374 2019
The case of the slave-child, Med : free soil in antislavery Boston / Karen Woods Weierman. - Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, (c)2019. - 1 online resource (xv, 164 pages) - Childhoods: Interdisciplinary perspectives on children and youth .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction: The said Med -- Before Med : James Somerset and Phillis Wheatley -- Slaves cannot breathe in Boston -- All girls are bound to someone -- Maria Sommersett, the American Stewart, and Dred Scott -- Free soil fictions -- Conclusion: Sarah, Ruby, and Med.
"In 1836, an enslaved six-year-old girl named Med was brought to Boston by a woman from New Orleans who claimed her as property. Learning of the girl's arrival in the city, the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society (BFASS) waged a legal fight to secure her freedom and affirm the free soil of Massachusetts. While Chief Justice Lemuel Shaw ruled quite narrowly in the case that enslaved people brought to Massachusetts could not be held against their will, BFASS claimed a broad victory for the abolitionist cause, and Med was released to the care of a local institution. When she died two years later, celebration quickly turned to silence, and her story was soon forgotten. As a result, Commonwealth v. Aves is little known outside of legal scholarship. In this book, Karen Woods Weierman complicates Boston's identity as the birthplace of abolition and the cradle of liberty, and restores Med to her rightful place in antislavery history by situating her story in the context of other writings on slavery, childhood, and the law"--
9781613767184
2019019896
Med (Slave), 1830-1838.
Med (Slave), 1830-1838.
Free African Americans--Massachusetts--Boston--Biography.
Enslaved children--Massachusetts--Boston--Biography.
Antislavery movements--Massachusetts--Boston.
Slavery--History.--Massachusetts
Enslaved persons--Legal status, laws, etc.--Massachusetts.
African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.--Massachusetts.
Electronic Books.
E450 / .C374 2019