Title Making freedom : the Underground Railroad and the politics of slavery / R.J.M. Blackett.

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Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2013]

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Description	1 online resource (xii, 122 pages).
Series	The Steven and Janice Brose lectures in the Civil War era
	Steven and Janice Brose lectures in the Civil War era.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-116) and index.
Contents	Making their way to freedom -- The workings of the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law -- Taking leave: fugitive slaves and the politics of slavery -- Counternarratives.
Note	Description based on print version record.
Summary	The 1850 Fugitive Slave Law, which mandated action to aid in the recovery of runaway slaves and denied fugitives legal rights if they were apprehended, quickly became a focal point in the debate over the future of slavery and the nature of the union. This book uses the experiences of escaped slaves and those who aided them to explore the inner workings of the Underground Railroad and the enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law, while shedding light on the political effects of slave escape in southern states, border states, and the North.
Subject	United States. Fugitive slave law (1850)
	Fugitive slave law (United States : 1850) (OCoLC)fst01711721
	United States.
	Fugitive slaves -- United States.
	Fugitive slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
	Underground Railroad.
	Slavery -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	Slavery -- United States -- Legal status of enslaved persons in free states.
	United States -- Politics and government -- 1815-1861.
	HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General.
	Fugitive slaves. (OCoLC)fst00935940
	Fugitive slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc. (OCoLC)fst00935943
	Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
	Slavery -- Legal status of slaves in free states. (OCoLC)fst01120475
	Slavery -- Political aspects. (OCoLC)fst01120480
	Underground Railroad. (OCoLC)fst01160987
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery.
Chronological Term	1800 - 1899
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form:	Print version: Blackett, R. J. M., 1943- Making freedom 9781469608778 (DLC) 2013009243 (OCoLC)833146577
ISBN	9781469611792 (electronic bk.)
	1469611791 (electronic bk.)
	9871469608785 (electronic bk.)

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