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Freedom at Risk: The Kidnapping of Free Blacks in America, 1780-1865
Carol Wilson
Freedom at Risk: The Kidnapping of Free Blacks in America, 1780-1865
Carol Wilson
Kidnapping was perhaps the greatest fear of free blacks in pre-Civil War America. Most kidnapped free blacks were forcibly abducted, but other methods, such as luring victims with job offers or falsely claiming free people as fugitive slaves, were used as well.
184 pages
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | November 10, 2009 |
ISBN13 | 9780813192970 |
Publishers | The University Press of Kentucky |
Pages | 184 |
Dimensions | 140 × 216 × 10 mm · 240 g |
Language | English |