000775943 000__ 04736cam\a2200517Ii\4500 000775943 001__ 775943 000775943 005__ 20210515124537.0 000775943 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000775943 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 000775943 008__ 170424s2014\\\\enkab\\\obv\\\001\0\eng\d 000775943 020__ $$a9780199927302$$q(electronic book) 000775943 020__ $$a0199927308$$q(electronic book) 000775943 020__ $$a9780190252670$$q(electronic book) 000775943 020__ $$a0190252677$$q(electronic book) 000775943 020__ $$z9780199927296 000775943 020__ $$z0199927294 000775943 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn905931958 000775943 035__ $$a(OCoLC)905931958 000775943 040__ $$aYDXCP$$beng$$epn$$cYDXCP$$dN$T$$dE7B$$dIDEBK$$dOCLCF$$dEBLCP$$dOCLCQ 000775943 043__ $$an-us--- 000775943 049__ $$aISEA 000775943 050_4 $$aKF4545.S5$$bV36 2014eb 000775943 08204 $$a342.7308/7$$223 000775943 1001_ $$aVanderVelde, Lea,$$eauthor. 000775943 24510 $$aRedemption songs :$$bsuing for freedom before Dred Scott /$$cLea VanderVelde. 000775943 264_1 $$aOxford ;$$aNew York :$$bOxford University Press,$$c[2014] 000775943 264_4 $$c©2014 000775943 300__ $$a1 online resource (xii, 305 pages) :$$billustrations. 000775943 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 000775943 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 000775943 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 000775943 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000775943 5050_ $$aA metaphor for the voices of the subordinate buried in history -- Peter's dual redemption -- The three daughters of Marie Scypion -- Winny and her children -- The kidnap of Lydia's children -- John Merry, also known as Jean Marie : free born -- David Shipman -- The Duncan Brothers : Black and white -- Leah Charleville -- Sex and servitude in women litigants' cases -- Yours truly, Lucy A. Delaney -- The slaves of Milton Duty -- Canadienne Rose -- The final chapter. 000775943 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000775943 520__ $$a"The Dred Scott case is the most notorious example of slaves suing for freedom. Most examinations of the case focus on its notorious verdict, and the repercussions that the decision set off-especially the worsening of the sectional crisis that would eventually lead to the Civil War-were extreme. In conventional assessment, a slave losing a lawsuit against his master seems unremarkable. But in fact, that case was just one of many freedom suits brought by slaves in the antebellum period; an example of slaves working within the confines of the U.S. legal system (and defying their masters in the process) in an attempt to win the ultimate prize: their freedom. And until Dred Scott, the St. Louis courts adhered to the rule of law to serve justice by recognizing the legal rights of the least well-off. For over a decade, legal scholar Lea VanderVelde has been building and examining a collection of more than 300 newly discovered freedom suits in St. Louis. In Redemption Songs, VanderVelde describes twelve of these never-before analyzed cases in close detail. Through these remarkable accounts, she takes readers beyond the narrative of the Dred Scott case to weave a diverse tapestry of freedom suits and slave lives on the frontier. By grounding this research in St. Louis, a city defined by the Antebellum frontier, VanderVelde reveals the unique circumstances surrounding the institution of slavery in westward expansion. Her investigation shows the enormous degree of variation among the individual litigants in the lives that lead to their decision to file suit for freedom. Although Dred Scott's loss is the most widely remembered, over 100 of the 300 St. Louis cases that went to court resulted in the plaintiff's emancipation. Beyond the successful outcomes, the very existence of these freedom suits helped to reshape the parameters of American slavery in the nation's expansion. Thanks to VanderVelde's thorough and original research, we can hear for the first time the vivid stories of a seemingly powerless group who chose to use a legal system that was so often arrayed against them in their fight for freedom from slavery"--$$cProvided by publisher. 000775943 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record. 000775943 650_0 $$aSlavery$$xLaw and legislation$$zUnited States$$vCases. 000775943 650_0 $$aSlaves$$xLegal status, laws, etc.$$zUnited States. 000775943 650_0 $$aSlavery$$xLaw and legislation$$zUnited States$$xHistory. 000775943 650_0 $$aAfrican Americans$$xLegal status, laws, etc.$$vCases. 000775943 650_0 $$aRace discrimination$$xLaw and legislation$$zUnited States$$vCases. 000775943 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aVanderVelde, Lea$$tRedemption songs.$$dOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2014$$z9780199927296$$z0199927294$$w(DLC) 2013040017$$w(OCoLC)866766476 000775943 852__ $$bacq 000775943 85280 $$bebk$$hEBSCOhost 000775943 85640 $$3eBooks on EBSCOhost$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=973786$$zOnline Access 000775943 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:775943$$pGLOBAL_SET 000775943 980__ $$aEBOOK 000775943 980__ $$aBIB 000775943 982__ $$aEbook 000775943 983__ $$aOnline 000775943 994__ $$a92$$bISE