A madman's will John Randolph, four hundred slaves, and the mirage of freedom

"The untold saga of John Randolph's 383 slaves, freed in his much-contested will of 1821, finally comes to light. Few legal cases in American history are as riveting as the controversy surrounding the will of Virginia Senator John Randolph (1773-1833), which-almost inexplicably-freed all 383 of his...

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Main Author: May, Gregory, 1953- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2023]
Edition:First edition.
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