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 3...
| Main Author: | May, Gregory, 1953- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.,
[2023]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- A death in Philadelphia
- Burial at Roanoke
- Rumors
- Heirs at law
- Search for the will
- The slaves' defenders
- A celebrity trial
- The meaning of madness
- John White's Roanoke
- A decade in chancery
- Promised land
- Another Canaan
- Epilogue.