03836nam 2200817Ia 450 991095982270332120241212211644.097866130288609781283028868128302886797802520908440252090845(CKB)3390000000006618(OCoLC)708738122(CaPaEBR)ebrary10603887(SSID)ssj0000543745(PQKBManifestationID)11356957(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000543745(PQKBWorkID)10533658(PQKB)11593122(MiAaPQ)EBC3414092(MdBmJHUP)muse23724(Au-PeEL)EBL3414092(CaPaEBR)ebr10603887(CaONFJC)MIL302886(OCoLC)923495470(Perlego)2382391(EXLCZ)99339000000000661820090514d2010 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrFreeing Charles the struggle to free a slave on the eve of the Civil War /Scott Christianson1st ed.Urbana University of Illinois Pressc20101 online resource (241 pages)The new Black studies seriesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780252034398 0252034392 9780252076886 0252076885 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- 1. Genesis -- 2. Revelation -- 3. Master and Slave Relations -- 4. The Shakeup -- 5. Making the Break -- 6. The Escape -- 7. Still in Philadelphia -- 8. Farmed Out -- 9. Family Pays a Heavy Price -- 10. Meteors -- 11. Hooking Up -- 12. Caught -- 13. Busting Out -- 14. Rescue -- 15. Aftermath -- 16. The War Hits Home in Culpeper, 1861-65 -- 17. Moving On -- 18. The Search for Charles Nalle -- Appendix -- Notes -- Index -- Illustrations.Freeing Charles recounts the life and epic rescue of captured fugitive slave Charles Nalle of Culpeper, Virginia, who was forcibly liberated by Harriet Tubman and others in Troy, New York, on April 27, 1860. Scott Christianson follows Nalle from his enslavement by the Hansborough family in Virginia through his escape by the Underground Railroad and his experiences in the North on the eve of the Civil War. This engaging narrative represents the first in-depth historical study of this crucial incident, one of the fiercest anti-slavery riots after Harpers Ferry. Christianson also presents a richly detailed look at slavery culture in antebellum Virginia and probes the deepest political and psychological aspects of this epic tale. His account underscores fundamental questions about racial inequality, the rule of law, civil disobedience, and violent resistance to slavery in the antebellum North and South. New Black studies.Fugitive slavesUnited StatesBiographyEnslaved personsVirginiaBiographySlaveryVirginiaHistory19th centurySlaveryUnited StatesHistory19th centuryAntislavery movementsUnited StatesHistory19th centuryUnderground RailroadTroy (N.Y.)History19th centuryFugitive slavesEnslaved personsSlaveryHistorySlaveryHistoryAntislavery movementsHistoryUnderground Railroad.973.7/115092BChristianson Scott1811467MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910959822703321Freeing Charles4363341UNINA