Freedom seekers : fugitive slaves in North America, 1800-1860 /

Freedom seekers : fugitive slaves in North America, 1800-1860 /

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,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pargas, Damian Alan (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2022].
Series:Cambridge studies on the American South.
Subjects:
Fugitive slaves > United States > History > 19th century.
Fugitive slave communities > United States > History > 19th century.
Maroons > United States > History > 19th century.
Slaves > Emancipation > North America > History > 19th century.
HISTORY / African American & Black.

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