Book contents
- The Captive’s Quest for Freedom
- Slaveries since Emancipation
- The Captive’s Quest for Freedom
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures and Maps
- Preface
- Part I The Slave Power Asserts Its Rights
- 1 The Fugitive Slave Law
- 2 The Law Does Its Work
- 3 Compromise and Colonize
- Part II Freedom’s Fires Burn
- Bibliography
- Index
2 - The Law Does Its Work
from Part I - The Slave Power Asserts Its Rights
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 January 2018
- The Captive’s Quest for Freedom
- Slaveries since Emancipation
- The Captive’s Quest for Freedom
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures and Maps
- Preface
- Part I The Slave Power Asserts Its Rights
- 1 The Fugitive Slave Law
- 2 The Law Does Its Work
- 3 Compromise and Colonize
- Part II Freedom’s Fires Burn
- Bibliography
- Index
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- The Captive's Quest for FreedomFugitive Slaves, the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law, and the Politics of Slavery, pp. 42 - 87Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018