Question of Freedom - The Families Who Challenged Slavery From Nation s Founding to Civil

For over seventy years, the enslaved families of Prince George's County, Maryland, filed hundreds of suits for their freedom against a powerful circle of slaveholders, taking their cause all the way to the Supreme Court. Historian William G. Thomas tells their stories.

About the author

William G. Thomas III is the John and Catherine Angle Chair in the Humanities and Professor of History at the University of Nebraska. He is co-founder and was director of the Virginia Center for Digital History at the University of Virginia.

Product details

• Authors: William G. Thomas, Thomas William G.
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2022
• EAN: 9780300261509
• ISBN: 978-0-300-26150-9
• No. of pages: 432
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, LAW / Legal History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Local History, Legal History, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Northeastern & North Atlantic States, Slavery and abolition of slavery, US Northeast: Mid-Atlantic States