A question of freedom the families who challenged slavery from the nation's founding to the Civil War
The story of the longest and most complex legal challenge to slavery in American history, in which a number of enslaved families challenged their bondage in court.
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Yale University Press,
[2020]
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| 100 | 1 | |a Thomas, William G., |d 1964- |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 2 | |a A question of freedom : |b the families who challenged slavery from the nation's founding to the Civil War / |c William G. Thomas III. |
| 246 | 3 | 0 | |a Families who challenged slavery from the nation's founding to the Civil War |
| 264 | 1 | |a New Haven : |b Yale University Press, |c [2020] | |
| 264 | 4 | |c Ã2020 | |
| 300 | |a 418 pages : |b illustrations, maps, genealogical charts ; |c 25 cm | ||
| 336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
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| 338 | |a volume |b nc |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 2 | |a Prologue: Georgetown, April 2017 -- The planting -- The inheritance. | |
| 520 | |a The story of the longest and most complex legal challenge to slavery in American history, in which a number of enslaved families challenged their bondage in court. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Slaves |x Emancipation |z Maryland |z Prince George's County. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Slaves |x Emancipation |z United States |x History. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Slaves |z Maryland |z Prince George's County |v Biography. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Slaves |z United States |v Biography. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Slaves |x Legal status, laws, etc. |z Maryland |z Prince George's County. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Slaves |x Legal status, laws, etc. |z United States. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Antislavery movements |z Maryland |z Prince George's County. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Antislavery movements |z United States. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Prince George's County (Md.) |x History. | |
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