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African Americans Biography Child slaves United States Biography Free African Americans Legal status, laws, etc History 19th century Fugitive slaves United States Biography Kidnapping victims United States Biography Maryland Prince George's County Slavery United States History 19th century Slaves Legal status, laws, etc United States United States Race relations History 19th centuryFehrenbacher, Don E. (Don Edward)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 FEHWells, 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 Club,' historian Jonathan Daniel Wells takes readers to a rapidly changing city rife with contradiction, where social hierarchy clashed with a rising...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bold Type Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.7 WELThomas, William G.
Summary: The story of the longest and most complex legal challenge to slavery in American history, in which a number of enslaved families challenged their bondage in court.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.3 THOBell, Richard
Summary: "A gripping and true story about five boys who were kidnapped in the North and smuggled into slavery in the Deep South -- and their daring attempt to escape and bring their captors to justice, reminiscent of Twelve Years A Slave and Never Caught"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 37 INK, Simon & Schuster 2019