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Runaway and Freed Missouri Slaves and Those Who Helped Them, 1763-1865
Contributor(s): Frazier, Harriet C. (Author)
ISBN: 0786446781     ISBN-13: 9780786446780
Publisher: McFarland & Company
OUR PRICE:   $39.55  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: January 2010
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies
- History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Dewey: 973.711
LCCN: 2004006355
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.9" W x 9.9" (0.9 lbs) 224 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
- Chronological Period - 1851-1899
- Topical - Civil War
- Cultural Region - Mid-South
- Geographic Orientation - Missouri
 
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Publisher Description:
From the beginning of French rule of Missouri in 1720 through this state's abolition of slavery in 1865, liberty was always the goal of the vast majority of its enslaved people. The presence in eastern Kansas of a host of abolitionists from New England made slaveholding risky business. Mennonites and Quakers had voiced their detestation of human bondage long before the United States existed. A number of devout persons served time in the Missouri state penitentiary for slave stealing. Based largely on old newspapers, prison records, pardon papers, and other archival materials, this book is an account of the legal and physical obstacles that slaves faced in their quest for freedom and of the consequences suffered by persons who tried to help them.