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->
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| Titolo: |
The hanging of Thomas Jeremiah [[electronic resource] ] : a free black man's encounter with liberty / / J. William Harris
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| 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 |
| ISBN: | 1-282-35295-4 |
| 9786612352959 | |
| 0-300-15569-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910780642403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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