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Runaway Slaves
This is a precedent-breaking book on slave resistance and runaway slaves in the American South before the Civil War. The book's thesis is that slave resistance was much more …
Appealing for Liberty
Dred Scott and his landmark Supreme Court case are ingrained in the national memory, but he was just one of multitudes who appealed for their freedom in courtrooms across the …
Black Property Owners in the South, 1790-1915
Property ownership has been a traditional means for African Americans to gain recognition and enter the mainstream of American life. This landmark study documents this significant, …
Families in Crisis in the Old South
In the antebellum South, divorce was an explosive issue. As one lawmaker put it, divorce was to be viewed as a form of "madness," and as another asserted, divorce reduced …
Southern Debate over Slavery
An incomparably rich source of period information, the second volume of The Southern Debate over Slavery offers a representative and extraordinary sampling of the thousands of …
Appealing for Liberty
Dred Scott and his landmark Supreme court case are ingrained in the national memory, but he was just one of multitudes who appealed for their freedom in courtrooms across the …
Families in Crisis in the Old South
In the antebellum South, divorce was an explosive issue. As one lawmaker put it, divorce was to be viewed as a form of "e;madness,"e; and as another asserted, divorce …
The Southern Debate over Slavery
An incomparably rich source of period information, The Southern Debate over Slavery offers a representative sampling of the thousands of petitions about issues of race and slavery …
In Search of the Promised Land
The matriarch of a remarkable African American family, Sally Thomas went from being a slave on a tobacco plantation to a "e;virtually free"e; slave who ran her own business …
Runaway Slaves
From John Hope Franklin, America's foremost African American historian, comes this groundbreaking analysis of slave resistance and escape. A sweeping panorama of plantation life …
The Southern Debate over Slavery
An incomparably rich source of period information, the second volume of The Southern Debate over Slavery offers a representative and extraordinary sampling of the thousands of …
Beyond Bondage
Emancipation, manumission, and complex legalities surrounding slavery led to a number of women of color achieving a measure of freedom and prosperity from the 1600s through the …