Descript |
305 pages. |
Content |
text |
Media |
unmediated |
Carrier |
volume |
Contents |
Machine generated contents note: -- 1. How Frontier Slaves Came to be Entitled to Lawyers -- 2. How it Came about that a Native American Pedigree Meant Freedom: Celeste's Extended Family -- 3. John Merry a/k/a Jean Marie: Redemption Over and Over Again -- 4. The Children of Canadienne Rose -- 5. Winny, the Mother of Frontier Redemptions -- 6. The Duncan Brothers in Black and White -- 7. The Mass Kidnapping of Lydia's Children -- 8. Masters, Lovers, Husbands, Mates, Both Black and White -- 8 a. Betrayal and Deceit: Eliza Tyler's Redemption -- 8 b. Devotion and Death: Maria Whiten's Redemption -- 8 c. The Prerogative of One's Master to Change His Mind? Hester Norcom's Redemption -- 9. The Slaves of Milton Duty -- 10. David Shipman's Fidelity to the Spirit of Liberty -- 11. Mr. and Mrs. Dred Scott: Taking it to the Federal Level- If a Slave Litigates on the Frontier Does it Make Any Sound?. |
ISBN |
9780199927296 (hardback) |
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