| Title:
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RUNAWAY SLAVES
REBELS ON THE PLANTATION |
| By: |
John Hope Franklin, Loren Schweninger |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£75.00 |
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£75.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0195084497 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780195084498 |
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| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS INC |
| Pub. date: |
1 April, 1999 |
| Pages: |
480 |
| Description: |
This is a precedent-breaking book on slave resistance and runaway slaves in the American South before the Civil War. The book's thesis is that slave resistance was much more prevalent and widespread than has usually been attributed, and, specifically, that slaves attempted to run away from their masters whenever they could. John Hope Franklin is the most distinguished African American historian in America. |
| Synopsis: |
This is a precedent-breaking book on slave resistance and runaway slaves in the American South before the Civil War. The book's thesis is that slave resistance was much more prevalent and widespread than has usually been attributed, and, specifically, that slaves attempted to run away from their masters whenever they could. John Hope Franklin is the most distinguished African American historian in America. |
| Illustrations: |
2 halftones, 15 line drawings |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Oxford University Press Inc |
| Prizes: |
Winner of Named an Outstanding Academic Book for 1999 by Choice. |
| Returns: |
Returnable |