Freedom Seekers: Fugitive Slaves in North America, 1800-1860

ISBN-13: 9781316631355 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 288 str.

Damian Alan Pargas

Opis

Examines the experiences of runaway slaves in North America, conceptually dividing the continent into three distinct 'spaces of freedom'.

Recenzje

'Finally, we have a book that frees fugitive slave studies from the trappings of conventional national and regional frameworks. Damian Pargas' attention to various spaces of liberty as a continental phenomenon transforms our understanding of slavery and freedom in nineteenth century North America. The result is a paradigm-shifter.' Jeffrey R. Kerr-Ritchie, author of Rebellious Passage: The Creole Revolt and America's Coastal Slave Trade

Spis treści

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; Bibliography.