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Autore |
Huffman Alan |
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Titolo |
Mississippi in Africa [[electronic resource] ] : : [the saga of the slaves of prospect hill plantation and their legacy in Liberia today] / / Alan Huffman |
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Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-43468-7 |
9786613434685 |
1-60473-754-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (471 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Slave rebellions - Mississippi - Jefferson County - History - 19th century |
Plantation life - Mississippi - Jefferson County - History - 19th century |
Wills - Mississippi - Jefferson County - History - 19th century |
Plantation owners - Mississippi - Jefferson County |
Enslaved persons - Mississippi - Jefferson County |
Freed persons - Mississippi - Jefferson County |
African Americans - Liberia |
Jefferson County (Miss.) Race relations History 19th century |
Liberia Biography |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Originally published: New York, N.Y. : Gotham Books, c2004. First paperback printing 2010. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-315) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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pt. 1. Mississippi -- pt. 2. Liberia -- pt. 3. Common ground. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In 1847, in a small rural courthouse in Coles County, Illinois, Abraham Lincoln represented a Kentucky slave owner named Robert Matson in his attempt to recover a runaway slave woman and her four children. Most Americans, even those with a penchant for the nation's history, have never heard of this court case. This is no coincidence. Lincoln's involvement in the case has troubled and bewildered most students and biographers of the ""Great Emancipator."" In many assessments, the case inspires rationalizations and distortions; in others, avoidance |
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