Item details: The Kidnapping Club : Wall Street, slavery, and resistance on the eve of the Civil War - 48312618

The Kidnapping Club : Wall Street, slavery, and resistance on the eve of the Civil War

text The Kidnapping Club : Wall Street, slavery, and resistance on the eve of the Civil War

Wells, Jonathan Daniel

Summary: "Although slavery was outlawed in the northern states in 1827, the illegal slave trade continued in the one place modern readers would least expect, the streets and ports of America's great northern metropolis: New York City. In 'The Kidnapping Cl... Read more

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Description: 354 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Publisher: Bold Type Books 2020

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Woodmere (Main Branch)	974.7 WEL in Adult Non-fiction	Available

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TADL-WOOD	974.7 WEL in Adult Non-fiction	Available

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Free African Americans New York (State) New York History 19th century New York Kidnapping Club (Gang) History Free African Americans Legal status, laws, etc History 19th century Kidnapping victims New York New York (State) History 19th century Kidnapping victims United States History 19th century Fugitive slaves United States History 19th century Fugitive slaves New York (State) New York History 19th century Slavery United States History 19th century Slave trade United States History 19th century Ruggles, David 1810-1849

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