{"product_id":"freedom-seekers-damian-alan-pargas-9781316631355","title":"Freedom Seekers: Fugitive Slaves in North America, 1800-1860","description":"In this fascinating book, Damian Alan Pargas introduces a new conceptualization of 'spaces of freedom' for fugitive slaves in North America between 1800 and 1860, and answers the questions: How and why did enslaved people flee to - and navigate - different destinations throughout the continent, and to what extent did they succeed in evading recapture and re-enslavement? Taking a continental approach, this study highlights the diversity of slave fight by conceptually dividing the continent into three distinct - and continuously evolving - spaces of freedom. Namely, spaces of informal freedom in the US South, where enslaved people attempted to flee by passing as free blacks; spaces of semi-formal freedom in the US North, where slavery was abolished but the precise status of fugitive slaves was contested; and spaces of formal freedom in Canada and Mexico, where slavery was abolished and runaways were considered legally free and safe from re-enslavement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Damian Alan Pargas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1316631354\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781316631355\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/18\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Damian Alan Pargas","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43996560687359,"sku":"9781316631355","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6414384f-4816-4d3b-afc9-9eca54e6906e.jpg?v=1683342395","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/freedom-seekers-damian-alan-pargas-9781316631355","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}