Redemption Songs: Courtroom Stories of Slavery by Lea VanderVelde - 2014-03-01

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Oxford [England] ; New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2014. xii, 305 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-287) and index. "For over a decade, legal scholar Lea VanderVelde has been building and examining a collection of more than 300 newly discovered freedom suits in St. Louis. In Redemption Songs, VanderVelde describes twelve of these never-before analyzed cases in close detail. Through these remarkable accounts, she takes readers beyond the narrative of the Dred Scott case to weave a diverse tapestry of freedom suits and slave lives on the frontier. By grounding this research in St. Louis, a city defined by the Antebellum frontier, VanderVelde reveals the unique circumstances surrounding the institution of slavery in westward expansion. Her investigation shows the enormous degree of variation among the individual litigants in the lives that lead to their decision to file suit for freedom. Although Dred Scott's loss is the most widely remembered,… Read More

Oxford University Press (2014), Edition: 1, 320 pages, 2014. Hardcover. Redemption Songs: Suing for Freedom before Dred Scott by Lea VanderVelde (2014)

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Oxford University Press, 2014-10-09. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!