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Making freedom : the Underground Railroad and the politics of slavery / R. J. M. Blackett.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, (c)2013.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 122 pages)Content type:
  • text
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  • computer
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  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781469611792
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • E450 .M355 2013
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Contents:
The workings of the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law -- Taking leave : fugitive slaves and the politics of slavery -- Conclusion : counternarratives.
Subject: 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. This book 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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Includes bibliographies and index.

Making their way to freedom -- The workings of the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law -- Taking leave : fugitive slaves and the politics of slavery -- Conclusion : counternarratives.

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. This book 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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