Runaway Slaves: Rebels on the Plantation

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  • Author : John Hope Franklin
  • Author : Loren Schweninger
  • Binding : Paperback
  • EAN : 9780195084511
  • Edition : New Ed
  • ISBN : 0195084519
  • Label : OUP USA
  • Languages : Original Language: English, Published: English
  • Manufacturer : OUP USA
  • Number Of Items : 1
  • Number Of Pages : 476
  • Package Dimensions : 1.30 inches (Height) x 9.10 inches (Length) x 1.40 pounds (Weight) x 6.50 inches (Width)
  • Product Group : Book
  • Publication Date : 2000-08-24
  • Publisher : OUP USA
  • SKU : I9780195084511
  • Studio : OUP USA

Runaway Slaves is yet another masterpiece from the esteemed African American historian John Hope Franklin, author of the influential From Slavery to Freedom. Along with history professor Loren Schweninger, Franklin examines the often unexplored phenomenon of slave resistance--specifically, that of runaway slaves. For too long, there has been a myth that slaves were happy with their condition. Armed with the data from numerous Wanted posters, letters, county-court petitions, and newspapers, Franklin and Schweninger prove that slaves were in a constant state of rebellion with their masters. The intense circle of violence between blacks and whites was marked by property sabotage, work stoppage, assault, murder, and escape into the North. "Perhaps the greatest impact runaways had on the peculiar institution," the authors suggest, "was in their defiance of the system. Masters and slaves knew that there were blacks who were willing to do almost anything to extricate themselves from bondage." Comprehensive in scholarship and compelling in prose, this book sheds light on an underappreciated aspect of the American quest for freedom. --Eugene Holley Jr., Amazon.com

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