03275nam 2200685 450 991078720940332120200520144314.00-8131-3351-30-8131-4979-7(CKB)3710000000333866(EBL)1914985(SSID)ssj0001402011(PQKBManifestationID)12618548(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001402011(PQKBWorkID)11358151(PQKB)10048730(OCoLC)622604848(MdBmJHUP)muse43774(Au-PeEL)EBL1914985(CaPaEBR)ebr11011632(CaONFJC)MIL690728(OCoLC)900344359(MiAaPQ)EBC1914985(EXLCZ)99371000000033386620150206h20091994 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFreedom at risk the kidnapping of free Blacks in America, 1780-1865 /Carol WilsonPaperback edition.Lexington, Kentucky :The University Press of Kentucky,2009.©19941 online resource (184 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-322-59446-5 0-8131-1858-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. ""From Their Free Homes into Bondage"": The Abduction of Free Blacks into Slavery; 2. ""The Legitimate Offspring of Slavery"": Kidnappers Who Operated within the Law; 3. ""Leave No Stone Unturned"": Government Assistance to Free Blacks; 4. ""The Thought of Slavery Is Death to a Free Man"": Abolitionist Response to Kidnapping; 5. ""An Almost Sleepless Vigilance"": Black Resistance to Kidnapping; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; ZKidnapping was perhaps the greatest fear of free blacks in pre-Civil War America. Though they may have descended from generations of free-born people or worked to purchase their freedom, free blacks were not able to enjoy the privileges and opportunities of white Americans. They lived with the constant threat of kidnapping and enslavement, against which they had little recourse.Most kidnapped free blacks were forcibly abducted, but other methods, such as luring victims with job offers or falsely claiming free people as fugitive slaves, were used as well. Kidnapping of blacks was actually facilAfrican AmericansHistoryTo 1863KidnappingUnited StatesHistory18th centuryKidnappingUnited StatesHistory19th centuryAfrican AmericansLegal status, laws, etcSlaveryUnited StatesAfrican AmericansHistoryKidnappingHistoryKidnappingHistoryAfrican AmericansLegal status, laws, etc.Slavery973/.0496073Wilson Carol1962-1525132MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787209403321Freedom at risk3766276UNINA