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The hanging of Thomas Jeremiah [[electronic resource] ] : a free black man's encounter with liberty / / J. William Harris



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Autore: Harris J. William <1946-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: The hanging of Thomas Jeremiah [[electronic resource] ] : a free black man's encounter with liberty / / J. William Harris Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2009
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (256 p.)
Disciplina: 975.7/91502092
Soggetto topico: Free African Americans - South Carolina - Charleston - Social conditions
Free African Americans - Legal status, laws, etc - South Carolina - Charleston
Liberty - Political aspects - United States - History - 18th century
Liberty - Social aspects - United States - History - 18th century
Slavery - United States - History - 18th century
Soggetto geografico: Charleston (S.C.) Race relations 18th century
Charleston (S.C.) Social conditions 18th century
Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Prologue -- Chapter One. ''Slavery may truly be said to be the peculiar curse of this land'' -- Chapter Two. ''Those natural and inherent rights that we all feel, and know, as men'' -- Chapter Three. ''God will deliver his own People from Slavery'' -- Chapter Four. ''A plan, for instigating the slaves to insurrection'' -- Chapter Five. ''The Young King was about to alter the World, & set the Negroes Free'' -- Chapter Six. ''Dark, Hellish plots'' -- Chapter Seven. ''Justice is Satisfied!'' -- Epilogue -- Afterword -- Abbreviations Used in the Notes -- Notes -- A Note on Sources -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: The tragic untold story of how a nation struggling for its freedom denied it to one of its own.In 1775, Thomas Jeremiah was one of fewer than five hundred "Free Negros" in South Carolina and, with an estimated worth of £1,000 (about
Titolo autorizzato: The hanging of Thomas Jeremiah  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-35295-4
9786612352959
0-300-15569-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910780642403321
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