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Appealing for Liberty: Freedom Suits in the South

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Appealing for Liberty: Freedom Suits in the South - Schweninger, Loren
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Sweeping in scope, Appealing for Liberty gives voice to the enslaved African Americans who appealed for their freedom in court, drawing from more than 2,000 suits and the testimony of more than4,000 plaintiffs from the Revolutionary era to the Civil War. Through the petitions, evidence, and testimony introduced in these court proceedings, the lives of the enslaved come sharply and poignantly into focus, as do many other aspects of southern society

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Appealing for Liberty: Freedom Suits in the South 2018, Oxford University Press, USA

ISBN-13: 9780190664282

Hardcover