The Captive's Quest for Freedom
The Captive's Quest for Freedom

Author: R. J. M. Blackett

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-01-25

Total Pages: 531

ISBN-13: 1108418716

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Examines the impact fugitive slaves had on the Fugitive Slave Law and the coming of the American Civil War.

The War Before the War
The War Before the War

Author: Andrew Delbanco

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2019-11-05

Total Pages: 482

ISBN-13: 0735224137

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A New York Times Notable Book Selection Winner of the Mark Lynton History Prize Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award Winner of the Lionel Trilling Book Award A New York Times Critics' Best Book "Excellent... stunning."—Ta-Nehisi Coates This book tells the story of America’s original sin—slavery—through politics, law, literature, and above all, through the eyes of enslavedblack people who risked their lives to flee from bondage, thereby forcing the nation to confront the truth about itself. The struggle over slavery divided not only the American nation but also the hearts and minds of individual citizens faced with the timeless problem of when to submit to unjust laws and when to resist. The War Before the War illuminates what brought us to war with ourselves and the terrible legacies of slavery that are with us still.

The Life of John Thompson, a Fugitive Slave
The Life of John Thompson, a Fugitive Slave

Author: John Thompson

Publisher:

Published: 1856

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13:

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"Thompson, born on a Maryland plantation in 1812, escaped to Pennsylvania but fell into a harried itinerant pattern. The passage of the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act put him in danger even in free states ; after six months of work arranged by a Quaker, he and his companion were forced to leave by the appearance of slave hunters. Thompson started to make a life in Philadelphia, marrying and pursuing an education, only to conclude once more that he must run when several other fugitives in his neighborhood were arrested. This time he went to sea, joining a whaling vessel out of New Bedford, which comprises most of the final chapters..."--Dealer's description.