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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458541903321

Autore

Slaughter Thomas P

Titolo

Bloody Dawn [[electronic resource] ] : The Christiana Riot and Racial Violence in the Antebellum North

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

0-19-992329-9

1-4294-0143-5

1-60256-590-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (267 p.)

Disciplina

974.815

Soggetti

African Americans

Fugitive slaves

Riots

Violence

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1. The Escape; 2. Black Images in White Minds; 3. The Chase; 4. The Riot; 5. Aftermath; 6. Stratagems; 7. The Trial; 8. Race, Violence, and Law; 9. Race, Riots, and Law; Conclusion; Afterword; Abbreviations Used in the Notes; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

When four young men, slaves on Edward Gorsuch's Maryland farm, escaped to rural Pennsylvania in 1849, the owner swore he'd bring them back.  Two years later, Gorsuch lay dead outside the farmhouse in Christiana where he'd tracked them down, as his federal posse retreated pell-mell before thearmed might of local blacks--and the impact of the most notorious act of resistance against the federal Fugitive Slave Law was about to be felt across a divided nation.      Bloody Dawn vividly tells this dramatic story of escape, manhunt, riot, and the ensuing trial, detailing its importance in heightening



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820766003321

Autore

Moreno Cristina Cueto

Titolo

El Delito de Quebrantamiento en el ámbito de la Violencia de Género / / Cristina Cueto Moreno ; prólogo de María José Jiménez Díaz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madrid : , : Dykinson, , [2017]

©2017

ISBN

84-9148-559-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (476 páginas)

Collana

Biblioteca de Criminología

Disciplina

362.82928

Soggetti

Women - Abuse of

Women - Legal status, laws, etc - Spain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Spagnolo

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Contiene bibliografía.