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Freedom seekers : fugitive slaves in North America, 1800-1860
- Title
- Freedom seekers : fugitive slaves in North America, 1800-1860 / Damian Alan Pargas.
- Author
- Pargas, Damian Alan
- Publication
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
- ©2022
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- Description
- xii, 297 pages : illustrations, map; 24 cm.
- Summary
- In this fascinating book, Damian Alan Pargas introduces a new conceptualization of "spaces of freedom" for fugitive slaves in North America between 1800 and 1860, and answers the questions: How and why did enslaved people flee to -- and navigate -- different destinations throughout the continent, and to what extent did they succeed in evading recapture and reenslavement? Taking a continental approach, this study highlights the diversity of slave flight by conceptually dividing the continent into three distinct -- and continuously evolving -- spaces of freedom. Namely, spaces of informal freedom in the US South, where enslaved people attempted to flee by passing as free blacks; spaces of semi-formal freedom in the US North, where slavery was abolished but the precise status of fugitive slaves was contested; and spaces of formal freedom in Canada and Mexico, where slavery was abolished and runaways were considered legally free and safe from reenslavement.
- Series Statement
- Cambridge studies on the American South
- Uniform Title
- Cambridge studies on the American South.
- Subject
- 1800-1899
- Fugitive slaves > United States > History > 19th century
- Fugitive slave communities > United States > History > 19th century
- Maroons > United States > History > 19th century
- Enslaved persons > Emancipation > History > North America > 19th century
- Fugitive slave communities
- Fugitive slaves
- Maroons
- Enslaved persons > Emancipation
- North America
- United States
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-292) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- 1. The changing geography of slavery and freedom -- 2. "Lurking amongst the free Negroes": spaces of informal freedom in the urban South -- 3. "As if their own liberty were at stake": spaces of semi-formal freedom in the northern United States -- 4. "Departure from the house of bondage": spaces of formal freedom in British Canada and Mexico -- Conclusion.
- Call Number
- Sc E 22-925
- ISBN
- 9781107179554
- 1107179556
- 9781316631355
- 1316631354
- LCCN
- 2021026780
- OCLC
- 1259294133
- Author
- Pargas, Damian Alan, author.
- Title
- Freedom seekers : fugitive slaves in North America, 1800-1860 / Damian Alan Pargas.
- Publisher
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
- Copyright Date
- ©2022
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Cambridge studies on the American SouthCambridge studies on the American South.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-292) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1800-1899
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 22-925