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Making Freedom - The Underground Railroad and the Politics of Slavery (Paperback)
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Making Freedom - The Underground Railroad and the Politics of Slavery (Paperback)
Series: The Steven and Janice Brose Lectures in the Civil War Era
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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. In Making
Freedom, R. J. M. Blackett 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. Blackett highlights
the lives of those who escaped, the impact of the fugitive slave
cases, and the extent to which slaves planning to escape were aided
by free blacks, fellow slaves, and outsiders who went south to
entice them to escape. Using these stories of particular
individuals, moments, and communities, Blackett shows how slave
flight shaped national politics as the South witnessed slavery
beginning to collapse and the North experienced a threat to its
freedom.
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