Examining legislation that seems almost incomprehensible to 21st-century minds, this book provides readers with a wealth of information about and insights into fugitive slave laws in effect in the United States between 1790 and 1864.
* Primary-source materials, including the Fugitive Slave Acts of 1793 and 1850, excerpts from congressional debates, sermons, and pro- and antislavery literature of the time, photographs, and citations from the 1842 Prigg v. Pennsylvania ruling* Biographies of key figures
* A glossary
* An annotated bibliography of key and current works
- ISBN10 0313380406
- ISBN13 9780313380402
- Publish Date 11 April 2010
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Out of Print 27 April 2012
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Greenwood Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 232
- Language English