Blackness, Freedom, and the Law in Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana
Becoming Free, Becoming Black: Race, Freedom, and Law in Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana radically reorients our perspective on Blackness and slavery
Read moreBecoming Free, Becoming Black: Race, Freedom, and Law in Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana radically reorients our perspective on Blackness and slavery
Read moreA little more than 153 years ago, in the aftermath of the Civil War, Radical Republicans in the United States
Read moreThe Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 intended to resolve whether free states had a legal obligation to return fugitive enslaved
Read moreIn today’s post, Rachel Zellars, contributor for Black Perspectives, interviews historian Richard Blackett, about his new book, The Captive’s Quest for Freedom: Fugitive
Read more*This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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