William G Thomas
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
"Beginning with Frederick Douglass's escape from slavery in 1838 on the railroad, and ending with the driving of the golden spike to link the transcontinental railroad in 1869, this book charts a critical period of American expansion and national formation, one largely dominated by the dynamic growth of railroads and telegraphs. William G. Thomas brings new evidence to bear on railroads, the Confederate South, slavery, and the Civil War era, based...
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"For over seventy years and five generations, the enslaved families of Prince George's County, Maryland, filed hundreds of suits for their freedom against a powerful circle of slaveholders, taking their cause all the way to the Supreme Court. Between 1787 and 1861, these lawsuits challenged the legitimacy of slavery in American law and put slavery on trial in the nation's capital. Piecing together evidence once dismissed in court and buried in the...
Publisher
Random Media
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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Description
Daniel and Mary Bell sued for freedom and won. But the widow of their former slaveholder challenged the Bells' freedom in court. Threatened with re-enslavement, and the sale of their children, they led the largest escape attempt in US history.
