A question of freedom : the families who challenged slavery from the nation's founding to the Civil War / William G. Thomas III.
2020
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Title
A question of freedom : the families who challenged slavery from the nation's founding to the Civil War / William G. Thomas III.
Imprint
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020]
Description
1 online resource (418 p.)
Formatted Contents Note
Prologue: Georgetown, April 2017
Part I. The Planting. 1. A Meeting at White Marsh, 1789
2. Ought to Be Free
3. Charles Mahoney Is a Free Man
4. A Public Scandal
Part II. The Inheritance. 5. Queen v. Hepburn
A Question of Freedom
6. The Turning
7. Mob Law
8. The Sale
9. The Last Freedom Trial.
Part I. The Planting. 1. A Meeting at White Marsh, 1789
2. Ought to Be Free
3. Charles Mahoney Is a Free Man
4. A Public Scandal
Part II. The Inheritance. 5. Queen v. Hepburn
A Question of Freedom
6. The Turning
7. Mob Law
8. The Sale
9. The Last Freedom Trial.
Summary
The story of the longest and most complex legal challenge to slavery in American history.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (JStor, viewed December 4, 2020)
Available in Other Form
Print version: Thomas, William G. A Question of Freedom : The Families Who Challenged Slavery from the Nation's Founding to the Civil War New Haven : Yale University Press,c2020
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Language
English
ISBN
9780300256277 (electronic book)
0300256272 (electronic book)
0300256272 (electronic book)
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