TY  - GEN
AB  - 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.
AU  - Wong, Edlie L.,
CN  - PS217.S55
ID  - 1361174
KW  - Slaves
KW  - Blacks
KW  - Slave narratives
KW  - American literature
KW  - American literature
KW  - Slaves
KW  - Antislavery movements
KW  - Slavery
KW  - Law and literature
KW  - Slavery in literature.
KW  - Law in literature.
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N2  - 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.
SN  - 9780814795460 (e-book)
T1  - Neither fugitive nor free :Atlantic slavery, freedom suits, and the legal culture of travel /
TI  - Neither fugitive nor free :Atlantic slavery, freedom suits, and the legal culture of travel /
UR  - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=866134
ER  -