The Captive's Quest for Freedom
Fugitive Slaves, the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law, and the Politics of Slavery
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5777538 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R J M Blackett (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-19 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Captive's Quest for Freedom (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/9781108275439 |
| OpenAlex | W4211249028 |
| Open Library | OL34736772M |
| ISBN | 9781108275439 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 27 |
| References cited | 67 |
This magisterial study, ten years in the making by one of the field's most distinguished historians, will be the first to explore the impact fugitive slaves had on the politics of the critical decade leading up to the Civil War. Through the close reading of diverse sources ranging from government documents to personal accounts, Richard J. M. Blackett traces the decisions of slaves to escape, the actions of those who assisted them, the many ways black communities responded to the capture of fugitive slaves, and how local laws either buttressed or undermined enforcement of the federal law. Every effort to enforce the law in northern communities produced levels of subversion that generated national debate so much so that, on the eve of secession, many in the South, looking back on the decade, could argue that the law had been effectively subverted by those individuals and states who assisted fleeing slaves
Freedom of information · Secession · Subversion · American Constitutional Law and Politics · American History and Culture · Race, History, and American Society · Antislavery movements · fugitive slave law (1850) · Fugitive slaves · History · Slavery · Slavery, legal status of slaves in free states · united states
Juana Ramírez, Eighteenth-Century Oaxaca, New Spain (Mexico)
Maria Firmina dos Reis, Nineteenth-Century Maranhão (Brazil)
Carrie Williams Clifford, Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Ohio (US)
Elizabeth Key, Seventeenth-Century Virginia (US)
Emma Lane Coger, Nineteenth-Century Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri (US)
Minerva, Nineteenth-Century Téjas and Louisiana (US), and Mexico
Gabriela, Nineteenth-Century Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
Cécile Fatiman and Petra Carabalí, Late Eighteenth-Century Haiti and Mid-Nineteenth-Century Cuba
Paula de Eguiluz, Seventeenth-Century Puerto Rico, Cuba, and New Granada (Colombia)
María Hipólita Lozano, Eighteenth-Century Lima (Peru)
Juana María Álvarez, Eighteenth-Century New Granada (Colombia)
Anna Maria Lopes de Brito, Eighteenth-Century Minas Gerais (Brazil)
Margarita de Sossa, Sixteenth-Century Puebla de los Ángeles, New Spain (Mexico)
Marion, Eighteenth-Century Natchitoches, Louisiana (US)
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Sarah Chauqum, Eighteenth-Century Rhode Island and Connecticut (US)
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Laura E. Davis Titus, Nineteenth-Century Norfolk, Virginia (US)
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| Unique citing works | 27 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4,5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2023 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 27 |