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Esclavage États-Unis Histoire 19e siècle Esclaves fugitifs États-Unis Biographies Free African Americans Legal status, laws, etc History 19th century Fugitive slaves United States Biography Jackson, John Andrew Slavery United States History 19th century Stowe, Harriet Beecher 1811-1896 Sources United States Race relations History United States Race relations History 19th century États-Unis Relations raciales HistoireWells, 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 WELSummary: "An new historical anthology from transatlantic slavery to the Reconstruction curated by the Schomburg Center, that makes the case for focusing on the histories of Black people as agents and architects of their own lives and ultimate liberation, with a foreword by Kevin Young. This is the first Penguin Classics anthology published in partnership with the Schomburg Center, a world-renowned...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 326.8 UNSBell, 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
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.3 BELCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.3 BELAshton, Susanna
Summary: "The story of the man behind the book that helped spark the Civil War"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 2024