Mrs. Dred Scott a life on slavery's frontier /

In telling the life of Harriet, Dred's wife and co-litigant in the case, this book provides a compensatory history to the generations of work that missed key sources only recently brought to light. Moreover, it gives insight into the reasons and ways that slaves used the courts to establish their fr...

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Glavni avtor: VanderVelde, Lea
Korporativna značnica: ebrary, Inc
Format: Elektronski eKnjiga
Jezik:angleščina
Izdano: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
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Izvleček:In telling the life of Harriet, Dred's wife and co-litigant in the case, this book provides a compensatory history to the generations of work that missed key sources only recently brought to light. Moreover, it gives insight into the reasons and ways that slaves used the courts to establish their freedom. --from publisher description.
Fizični opis:viii, 480 p., [6] p. of plates : ill., map, ports.
Bibliografija:Includes bibliographical references (p. [443]-466) and index.