@article{1361174,
      recid = {1361174},
      author = {Wong, Edlie L.,},
      title = {Neither fugitive nor free : Atlantic slavery, freedom  suits, and the legal culture of travel /},
      pages = {1 online resource (348 pages) :},
      abstract = {Studies lawsuits to gain freedom for slaves on the grounds  of their having traveled to free territory, starting with  Somerset v. Stewart (England, 1772), Commonwealth v. Aves  (Massachussetts, 1836), Dred Scott v. Sanford, and cases  brought questioning the legitimacy of Negro Seamen Acts in  the antebellum coastal South. These lawsuits and accounts  of them are compared to fugitive slave narratives to shed  light on both. The differing impact of freedom obtained  from such suits for men and women (women could claim that  their children were free, once they were judged free) is  examined.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1361174},
}