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Runaway slaves : rebels on the plantation / John Hope Franklin, Loren Schweninger.
- Title
- Runaway slaves : rebels on the plantation / John Hope Franklin, Loren Schweninger.
- Author
- Franklin, John Hope, 1915-2009
- Publication
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
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- Additional Authors
- Schweninger, Loren
- Description
- xviii, 455 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
- Summary
- "In this book, John Hope Franklin and Loren Schweninger demonstrate that, contrary to popular belief, significant numbers of slaves did in fact frequently rebel against their masters and struggle to attain their freedom. By surveying a wealth of documents, such as planters' records, petitions to county courts and state legislatures, and local newspapers, this book shows how slaves resisted; when, where, and how they escaped; where they fled to; how long they remained in hiding; and how they survived away from the plantation. Of equal importance, it examines the reactions of the white slaveholding class, revealing how they marshaled considerable effort to prevent runaways, meted out severe punishments, and established patrols to hunt down escaped slaves." "Reflecting a lifetime of thought by our leading authority in African American history, this book provides the key to truly understanding the relationship between slaveholders and the runaways who challenged the system - illuminating as never before the true nature of the South's "most peculiar institution.""--Jacket.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-426) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Dissidents in the conscript army -- On the run -- Whither thou goest -- A matter of some urgency -- Where to go? -- They seek a city -- The hunt -- Backward into bondage -- Profile of a runaway -- Managing human property -- Counting the cost.
- ISBN
- 0195084497 (acid-free paper)
- LCCN
- ^^^98025230^
- OCLC
- 39189967
- SCSB-9899580
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library