Beyond freedom's reach : kidnapping in the twilight of slavery /

Beyond freedom's reach : kidnapping in the twilight of slavery / Adam Rothman.

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Born into slavery in rural Louisiana, Rose Herera was bought and sold several times before being purchased by the De Hart family of New Orleans. Still a slave, she married and had children, who also became the property of the De Harts. But after Union forces captured New Orleans in 1862 during the A...

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Main Author: Rothman, Adam, 1971-
Other title:Kidnapping in the twilight of slavery.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Herrera, Rose, > approximately 1835-
African American women > Louisiana > Biography.
Freed persons > Louisiana > Biography.
Kidnapping > United States > History > 19th century.
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc.
Custody of children > United States > Case studies.
Mother and child > United States > Case studies.
Slavery > Louisiana > History > 19th century.
Slavery > Cuba > History > 19th century.
African American women.
Custody of children.
Freed persons.
Kidnapping.
Mother and child.
Slavery.
Louisiana > Biography.
Cuba.
Louisiana.
United States.
Biographies.
Case studies.
History.

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Call Number: E185.93.L6 R58 2015eb
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