A question of freedom : the families who challenged slavery from the nation's founding to the Civil War / William G. Thomas III.
The story of the longest and most complex legal challenge to slavery in American history, in which a number of enslaved families challenged their bondage in court.
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- ISBN: 9780300234121
- ISBN: 0300234120
- Physical Description: 418 pages : illustrations, maps, genealogical charts ; 25 cm
- Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue: Georgetown, April 2017 -- The planting -- The inheritance. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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North Kansas City Public Library | 326.8 THOMAS 2020 (Text) | 0001002376935 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
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