Title Neither fugitive nor free : Atlantic slavery, freedom suits, and the legal culture of travel / Edlie L. Wong

Published New York : New York University Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 337 pages) : illustrations Series America and the long 19th century Contents Introduction: traveling slaves and the geopolitics of freedom -- Emancipation after "the Laws of Englishmen" -- Choosing kin in antislavery literature and law -- Gender of freedom before Dred Scott -- Crime of color in the Negro Seaman Acts -- Conclusion: fictions of free travel Summary Studies lawsuits to gain freedom for slaves on the grounds of their having traveled to free territory, starting with Somerset v. Stewart (England, 1772), Commonwealth v. Aves (Massachusetts, 1836), Dred Scott v. Sanford, and cases brought questioning the legitimacy of Negro Seamen Acts in the antebellum coastal South. These lawsuits and accounts of them are compared to fugitive slave narratives to shed light on both. The differing impact of freedom obtained from such suits for men and women (women could claim that their children were free, once they were judged free) is examined Analysis "Multi-User" Notes OldControl:muse9780814795460 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL SUBJECT University of South Alabama gnd Subject Law in literature. Slavery in literature. Law and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 19th century Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century Enslaved persons -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- History -- 19th century American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism Slave narratives -- History and criticism Black people -- Travel -- History -- 19th century Enslaved persons -- Travel -- History -- 19th century LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- African American. LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. American literature American literature -- African American authors Antislavery movements Law and literature Law in literature Slave narratives Slavery in literature Slavery -- Law and legislation Enslaved persons -- Legal status, laws, etc. Freiheit Literatur Reise Sklaverei esclavage -- abolition -- noir (race) -- Etats-Unis -- 18e s. (fin) -- 19e s. émancipation -- esclave -- voyage -- Etats-Unis -- 18e s. (fin) -- 19e s. abolitionnisme -- esclave -- noir (race) -- récit de captivité -- Etats-Unis -- 18e s. (fin) -- 19e s. esclave -- liberté -- noir (race) -- statut juridique -- Etats-Unis -- Grande-Bretagne -- 18e s. (fin) -- 19e s. United States Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780814795460 0814795463

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