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Redemption songs : suing for freedom before Dred Scott /

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The Dred Scott case is the most notorious example of slaves suing for freedom. Most examinations of the case focus on its notorious verdict, and the repercussions that the decision set off-especially the worsening of the sectional crisis that would eventually lead to the Civil War-were extreme. In c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: VanderVelde, Lea (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Slavery > Law and legislation > United States > Cases.
Slaves > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Slavery > Law and legislation > United States > History.
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > Cases.
Race discrimination > Law and legislation > United States > Cases.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Table of Contents:
  • A metaphor for the voices of the subordinate buried in history
  • Peter's dual redemption
  • The three daughters of Marie Scypion
  • Winny and her children
  • The kidnap of Lydia's children
  • John Merry, also known as Jean Marie : free born
  • David Shipman
  • The Duncan Brothers : Black and white
  • Leah Charleville
  • Sex and servitude in women litigants' cases
  • Yours truly, Lucy A. Delaney
  • The slaves of Milton Duty
  • Canadienne Rose
  • The final chapter.