The Jerry Rescue: The Fugitive Slave Law, Northern Rights, And The American Sectional Crisis (Critical Historical Encounters Series)

This micro-history explores how the passage of the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 affected fugitive slaves, free blacks, abolitionists, and northern white citizens. The book presents a narrative of the events surrounding the arrest of William "Jerry" Henry on October 1, 1851.--Publisher's description. 9780199913602 0199913609 0 BOOK History NOT_MATURE http://books.google.com/books/content?id=ZX_xoQEACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&source=gbs_api en

• | Author: Angela F. Murphy
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Dec 30, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 216 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0199913609
• | ISBN-13: 9780199913602