Beacons of liberty : international free soil and the fight for racial justice in antebellum America /

Beacons of liberty : international free soil and the fight for racial justice in antebellum America /

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Before the Civil War, free African Americans and fugitive slaves crossed international borders to places like Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean in search of freedom and equality. Beacons of Liberty tells the story of how these bold migrants catalyzed contentious debates over citizenship, racial just...

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Main Author: Abbott, Elena K. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
Subjects:
United States. > Fugitive slave law (1850)
Fugitive slave communities > Foreign countries > History > 19th century.
Fugitive slaves > Foreign countries > History > 19th century.
Free African Americans > Foreign countries > History > 19th century.
African Americans > Foreign countries > Social conditions > 19th century.
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc.
Antislavery movements > United States > History > 19th century.
HISTORY / African American & Black.
Abolitionists.
African American abolitionists.
Antislavery movements.
Race relations.
United States > Emigration and immigration > History > 19th century.
United States > Race relations > History > 19th century.
United States.
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