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The case of the slave-child, Med : free soil in antislavery Boston /

In 1836, an enslaved six-year-old girl named Med was brought to Boston by a woman from New Orleans who claimed her as property. Learning of the girl's arrival in the city, the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society (BFASS) waged a legal fight to secure her freedom and affirm the free soil of Massac...

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Main Author:	Weierman, Karen Woods, 1971- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2019]
Series:	Childhoods: interdisciplinary perspectives on children and youth.
Subjects:	Med > (Slave), > 1830-1838. Free African Americans > Massachusetts > Boston > Biography. Child slaves > Massachusetts > Boston > Biography. Antislavery movements > Massachusetts > Boston. Slavery > Massachusetts > History. Slaves > Legal status, laws, etc. > Massachusetts. African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > Massachusetts.

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