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Neither fugitive nor free : Atlantic slavery, freedom suits, and the legal culture of travel
- Title
- Neither fugitive nor free : Atlantic slavery, freedom suits, and the legal culture of travel / Edlie L. Wong.
- Author
- Wong, Edlie L.
- Publication
- New York : New York University Press, c2009.
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Details
- Description
- viii, 337 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Studies lawsuits to gain freedom for slaves on the grounds of their having traveled to free territory, starting with Somerset v. Stewart (England, 1772), Commonwealth v. Aves (Massachussetts, 1836), Dred Scott v. Sanford, and cases brought questioning the legitimacy of Negro Seamen Acts in the antebellum coastal South. These lawsuits and accounts of them are compared to fugitive slave narratives to shed light on both. The differing impact of freedom obtained from such suits for men and women (women could claim that their children were free, once they were judged free) is examined.
- Series Statement
- America and the long 19th century
- Uniform Title
- America and the long 19th century.
- Subject
- Enslaved persons > Travel > History > 19th century
- Black people > Travel > History > 19th century
- Slave narratives > History and criticism
- American literature > 19th century > History and criticism
- American literature > African American authors > History and criticism
- Enslaved persons > Legal status, laws, etc. > History > United States > 19th century
- Antislavery movements > United States > History > 19th century
- Slavery > Law and legislation > History > United States > 19th century
- Law and literature > United States > History > 19th century
- Slavery in literature
- Law in literature
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Call Number
- Sc E 10-83
- ISBN
- 9780814794555 (cl : alk. paper)
- 0814794556 (cl : alk. paper)
- 9780814794562 (pb : alk. paper)
- 0814794564 (pb : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2009001473
- OCLC
- 290414762
- Author
- Wong, Edlie L.
- Title
- Neither fugitive nor free : Atlantic slavery, freedom suits, and the legal culture of travel / Edlie L. Wong.
- Imprint
- New York : New York University Press, c2009.
- Series
- America and the long 19th centuryAmerica and the long 19th century.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 10-83JFE 09-3768