LEADER 03275nam 2200685 450 001 9910787209403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8131-3351-3 010 $a0-8131-4979-7 035 $a(CKB)3710000000333866 035 $a(EBL)1914985 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001402011 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12618548 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001402011 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11358151 035 $a(PQKB)10048730 035 $a(OCoLC)622604848 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse43774 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1914985 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11011632 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL690728 035 $a(OCoLC)900344359 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1914985 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000333866 100 $a20150206h20091994 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFreedom at risk $ethe kidnapping of free Blacks in America, 1780-1865 /$fCarol Wilson 205 $aPaperback edition. 210 1$aLexington, Kentucky :$cThe University Press of Kentucky,$d2009. 210 4$dİ1994 215 $a1 online resource (184 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-322-59446-5 311 $a0-8131-1858-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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; Z 330 $aKidnapping 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 facil 606 $aAfrican Americans$xHistory$yTo 1863 606 $aKidnapping$zUnited States$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aKidnapping$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aAfrican Americans$xLegal status, laws, etc 606 $aSlavery$zUnited States 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xHistory 615 0$aKidnapping$xHistory 615 0$aKidnapping$xHistory 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xLegal status, laws, etc. 615 0$aSlavery 676 $a973/.0496073 700 $aWilson$b Carol$f1962-$01525132 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787209403321 996 $aFreedom at risk$93766276 997 $aUNINA