Runaway slaves
rebels on the plantation
by John Hope Franklin
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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."
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Slave insurrections, Fugitive slaves, History, Révoltes d'esclaves, Histoire, Sklave, Südstaaten, Geschichte, Esclaves fugitifs, Esclavage, Flucht, Weggelopen slaven, Sklavenaufstand, Révoltes, Slavery, united states, history, Fugitive slaves, united states, Southern states, history, State & Local, Slavery, Insurrections| Edition | Availability |
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Runaway slaves: rebels on the plantation
1999, Oxford University Press
in English
0195084497 9780195084498
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [417]-426) and index.
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