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Free African Americans Legal status, laws, etc History 19th century Free African Americans New York (State) New York History 19th century Fugitive slaves New York (State) New York History 19th century Fugitive slaves United States History 19th century Kidnapping victims New York New York (State) History 19th century Kidnapping victims United States History 19th century New York Kidnapping Club (Gang) History Ruggles, David 1810-1849 Slave trade United States History 19th century Slavery United States History 19th centuryBaumgartner, Alice
Summary: "The Underground Railroad to the North was salvation for many US slaves before the Civil War. But during the same decades, thousands of people in the south-central United States escaped slavery not by heading north but by crossing the southern border intoMexico. In South to Freedom historian Alice Baumgartner tells the story of Mexico's rise as an antislavery republic and a promised land for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.3 BAUWells, 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