Neither fugitive nor free : Atlantic slavery, freedom suits, and the legal culture of travel

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Neither fugitive nor free : Atlantic slavery, freedom suits, and the legal culture of travel

Title remainder

Atlantic slavery, freedom suits, and the legal culture of travel

Statement of responsibility

Edlie L. Wong

Creator

• Wong, Edlie L

Subject

• American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
• Blacks -- Travel | History -- 19th century
• Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 19th century
• American literature -- African American authors | History and criticism
• Law and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century
• Slave narratives -- History and criticism
• Slaves -- Travel | History -- 19th century
• Law in literature
• Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century
• Slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- History -- 19th century
• Slavery in literature

Language

eng

Summary

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

Member of

• America and the long 19th century

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IT-FiEUI

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

America and the long 19th century