Autore	Best Stephen Michael
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2004
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (375 p.)
Disciplina	810.9/3552
Soggetto topico	American literature - 19th century - History and criticism Slavery in literature Fugitive slaves - Legal status, laws, etc - United States Law and literature - History - 19th century African Americans in literature Fugitive slaves in literature Property in literature Race in literature
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-282-58469-3 9786612584695 0-226-24111-4
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Debts -- Introduction: The Slave's Two Bodies -- Pro Bono Publico: Chapter Two. The Fugitive's Properties: Uncle Tom's Incalculable Dividend -- Sine Qua Non: Chapter Three. Counterfactuals, Causation, and the Tenses of "Separate but Equal" -- Conclusion: The Rules of the Game -- Notes -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910459335503321

Autore	Best Stephen Michael
Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2004
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (375 p.)
Disciplina	810.9/3552
Soggetto topico	American literature - 19th century - History and criticism Slavery in literature Fugitive slaves - Legal status, laws, etc - United States Law and literature - History - 19th century African Americans in literature Fugitive slaves in literature Property in literature Race in literature
Soggetto non controllato	literature, law, slavery, fugitive, property, antebellum, blackface, minstrelsy, race films, appearance, expression, personhood, commodity, commodification, patents, uncle toms cabin, harriet beecher stowe, theft, gift, copyright, nonfiction, possession, chattel, labor, power, agency, wealth, economics, gender, masculinity, femininity
ISBN	1-282-58469-3 9786612584695 0-226-24111-4
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Debts -- Introduction: The Slave's Two Bodies -- Pro Bono Publico: Chapter Two. The Fugitive's Properties: Uncle Tom's Incalculable Dividend -- Sine Qua Non: Chapter Three. Counterfactuals, Causation, and the Tenses of "Separate but Equal" -- Conclusion: The Rules of the Game -- Notes -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910823601103321

Autore	Reinhardt Mark
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2010
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (330 p.)
Disciplina	306.3/62092 B
Soggetto topico	Trials (Infanticide) - Ohio - Cincinnati Infanticide - Ohio - Cincinnati - History - 19th century Fugitive slaves - Legal status, laws, etc - Ohio - Cincinnati Fugitive slaves - Legal status, laws, etc - United States
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-8166-7527-9
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Introduction : an extraordinary case? -- Documents -- Escape and capture -- In the Commissioner's Court -- Return -- Requisition? -- Whose sovereignty? : courts in conflict -- The Ohio legislature responds : debate on the floor -- The battle in the press : editorials on the murder -- The battle in the press : editorials on the trial, return, and requisition -- Silence in the deep South : the case of Charleston, South Carolina -- Speeches, sermons, and "interviews" -- Final developments -- Literary sources, literary echoes -- Appendix: Text of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 -- Chronology of key events, 1856-71.
Altri titoli varianti	Who speaks for Margaret Garner? : the true story that inspired Toni Morrison's Beloved
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910459982303321