Beyond Freedom''s Reach - A Kidnapping in the Twilight of Slavery

Klappentext After Union forces captured New Orleans in 1862! Rose Herera's owners fled to Havana! taking her three children with them. Adam Rothman tells the story of Herera's quest to rescue her children from bondage after the war. As the kidnapping case made its way through the courts! it revealed the prospects and limits of justice during Reconstruction. Zusammenfassung After Union forces captured New Orleans in 1862! Rose Herera's owners fled to Havana! taking her three children with them. Adam Rothman tells the story of Herera's quest to rescue her children from bondage after the war. As the kidnapping case made its way through the courts! it revealed the prospects and limits of justice during Reconstruction.

Product details

• Authors: Rothman, Adam Rothman
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.02.2015
• EAN: 9780674368125
• ISBN: 978-0-674-36812-5
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; zweite Hälfte 19. Jahrhundert (1850 bis 1899 n. Chr.), Amerikanische Geschichte, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, USA Süden, South Atlantic States, HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV), History - Military / War, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)