Freedom seekers : fugitive slaves in North America, 1800-1860
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Freedom seekers : fugitive slaves in North America, 1800-1860
（Cambridge studies on the American South）
Cambridge University Press, 2022
- : pbk
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Bibliography: p. 267-292
Includes index
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内容説明
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, and to what extent did they succeed in evading recapture and re-enslavement? Taking a continental approach, this study highlights the diversity of slave fight by conceptually dividing the continent into three distinct - and continuously evolving - spaces of freedom. Namely, spaces of informal freedom in the US South, where enslaved people attempted to flee by passing as free blacks; spaces of semi-formal freedom in the US North, where slavery was abolished but the precise status of fugitive slaves was contested; and spaces of formal freedom in Canada and Mexico, where slavery was abolished and runaways were considered legally free and safe from re-enslavement.
目次
- 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.
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