Freedom Seekers
Fugitive Slaves in North America, 1800–1860
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 5787969 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Damian Alan Pargas (Leiden University, autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 2021 |
| Data de publicação | 2021-11-19 |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | BOOK |
| Periódico | Freedom Seekers (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Editora | Cambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/9781316832264 |
| OpenAlex | W4200569918 |
| ISBN | 9781316832264 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 5 |
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
Conceptualization · Diversity (politics) · Geography · Political science · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Law · Philosophy · Race, History, and American Society
| Citações por ano | 1,67 |
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| Intervalo de citações | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Altamente citado | Não |