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Appealing for liberty : freedom suits in the South
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- Creator
- Loren Schweninger
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
- Physical Details
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- x, 428 pages ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780190664282, 0190664282, 9780190664299
- OCLC
- on1020299641
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- African American women and the genealogy of slavery -- Slave plaintiffs and the law -- Slave plaintiffs and the courts -- Manumission by wills and deeds -- Term slaves -- Descendants of free women -- The question of residency -- A journey toward freedom -- Runaways -- Husbands and wives -- Mothers and children -- Lawyers and their slave clients -- The Vass slaves of Virginia, 1831-1860