Moral Contagion: Black Atlantic Sailors, Citizenship, and Diplomacy in Antebellum America - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Michael A. SchoeppnerSeries:Studies in Legal HistoryPublish date:2020-07-09Pages:266
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9781108455121ISBN-10:1108455123UPC:9781108455121Book Category:History, LawBook Subcategory:United States, ConstitutionalSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.61 inchesWeight:0.8708Product ID:SCCQXHERJV
Moral Contagion: Black Atlantic Sailors, Citizenship, and Diplomacy in Antebellum America
Between 1822 and 1857, eight Southern states barred the ingress of all free black maritime workers. According to lawmakers, they carried a 'moral contagion' of abolitionism and black autonomy that could be transmitted to local slaves. Those seamen who arrived in Southern ports in violation of the laws faced incarceration, corporal punishment, an incipient form of convict leasing, and even...
Series: Studies in Legal History
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9781108455121ISBN-10:1108455123UPC:9781108455121Book Category:History, LawBook Subcategory:United States, ConstitutionalSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.61 inchesWeight:0.8708Product ID:SCCQXHERJV
Schoeppner, Michael A.: - Michael A. Schoeppner is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Maine, Farmington.
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