Family or freedom [electronic resource] : people of color in the antebellum South / Emily West.

9780813141350 (ebook) :

Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, c2012.

1 online resource (233 p.).

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This book explores the expulsion and enslavement of free people of colour in the antebellum South. It considers why Southern states moved towards expelling and enslaving free blacks in the 1850s, and it situates these legislative debates within the context of a growing number of restrictions imposed upon free people of colour over the course of the antebellum era. Explanations about why some free people of colour petitioned for residency rights or enslavement are at the heart of this book, which argues that some free people of colour placed their families first in 'choosing' enslavement over freedom.

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September 18, 2015

Includes bibliographical references and index.