The captive's quest for freedom : fugitive slaves, the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law, and the politics of slavery / R.J.M. Blackett, Vanderbilt University, Tennessee.
Part I. The slave power asserts its rights -- The Fugitive Slave Law -- The law does its work -- Compromise and colonize -- Part II. Freedom's fires burn -- Missouri and Illinois -- Western Kentucky and Indiana -- Eastern Kentucky and Ohio -- Southeast Pennsylvania -- Eastern shore of Maryland and Philadelphia -- New York -- Massachusetts -- Conclusion.
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1108407773
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Part I. The slave power asserts its rights -- The Fugitive Slave Law -- The law does its work -- Compromise and colonize -- Part II. Freedom's fires burn -- Missouri and Illinois -- Western Kentucky and Indiana -- Eastern Kentucky and Ohio -- Southeast Pennsylvania -- Eastern shore of Maryland and Philadelphia -- New York -- Massachusetts -- Conclusion.
Part I. The slave power asserts its rights -- The Fugitive Slave Law -- The law does its work -- Compromise and colonize -- Part II. Freedom's fires burn -- Missouri and Illinois -- Western Kentucky and Indiana -- Eastern Kentucky and Ohio -- Southeast Pennsylvania -- Eastern shore of Maryland and Philadelphia -- New York -- Massachusetts -- Conclusion.
