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Neither Fugitive nor Free

- Atlantic Slavery, Freedom Suits, and the Legal Culture of Travel

About Neither Fugitive nor Free

Freedom suits involved those enslaved valets, nurses, and maids who accompanied slaveholders onto free soil. This book draws on the freedom suit as recorded in the press and court documents to offer a critically and historically engaged understanding of the freedom celebrated in the literary and cultural histories of transatlantic abolitionism.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780814794562
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 352
  • Published:
  • June 30, 2009
  • Dimensions:
  • 153x227x21 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 484 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: December 8, 2024

Description of Neither Fugitive nor Free

Freedom suits involved those enslaved valets, nurses, and maids who accompanied slaveholders onto free soil. This book draws on the freedom suit as recorded in the press and court documents to offer a critically and historically engaged understanding of the freedom celebrated in the literary and cultural histories of transatlantic abolitionism.

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