The Case of the Slave-Child, Med: Free Soil in Antislavery Boston - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Karen Woods WeiermanSeries:Childhoods: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Children and YPublish date:2019-08-15Pages:184
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Massachusetts PressISBN-13:9781625344762ISBN-10:1625344767UPC:9781625344762Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:African American & Black, Children's Studies, United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCC5VMQPP4
The Case of the Slave-Child, Med: Free Soil in Antislavery Boston
In 1836, an enslaved six-year-old girl named Med was brought to Boston by a woman from New Orleans who claimed her as property. Learning of the girl's arrival in the city, the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society (BFASS) waged a legal fight to secure her freedom and affirm the free soil of Massachusetts. While Chief Justice Lemuel Shaw ruled quite narrowly in the case that enslaved people brought...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Massachusetts PressISBN-13:9781625344762ISBN-10:1625344767UPC:9781625344762Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:African American & Black, Children's Studies, United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCC5VMQPP4
KAREN WOODS WEIERMAN is professor of English at Worcester State University and author of One Nation, One Blood: Interracial Marriage in American Fiction, Scandal, and Law, 1820-1870.
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