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Runaway slaves rebels on the plantation /
"In this book, John Hope Franklin and Loren Schweninger demonstrate that, contrary to popular belief, significant numbers of slaves did in fact frequently rebel against their masters and struggle to attain their freedom. By surveying a wealth of documents, such as planters' records, petiti...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1999.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xviii, 455 pages) : illustrations. |
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| Online Access: | EBSCOhost - Click here for access |
| Summary: | "In this book, John Hope Franklin and Loren Schweninger demonstrate that, contrary to popular belief, significant numbers of slaves did in fact frequently rebel against their masters and struggle to attain their freedom. By surveying a wealth of documents, such as planters' records, petitions to county courts and state legislatures, and local newspapers, this book shows how slaves resisted; when, where, and how they escaped; where they fled to; how long they remained in hiding; and how they survived away from the plantation. Of equal importance, it examines the reactions of the white slaveholding class, revealing how they marshaled considerable effort to prevent runaways, meted out severe punishments, and established patrols to hunt down escaped slaves." "Reflecting a lifetime of thought by our leading authority in African American history, this book provides the key to truly understanding the relationship between slaveholders and the runaways who challenged the system - illuminating as never before the true nature of the South's "most peculiar institution.""--Jacket. |
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Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 |
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Colorado Mountain College - E-book Collection / Ebsco. |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xviii, 455 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-426) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0585326649 9780585326641 |