The case of the slave-child, Med : free soil in antislavery Boston

The case of the slave-child, Med : free soil in antislavery Boston / Karen Woods Weierman.

"In 1836, an enslaved six-year-old girl named Med was brought to Boston by a woman from New Orleans who claimed her as property. Learning of the girl's arrival in the city, the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society (BFASS) waged a legal fight to secure her freedom and affirm the free soil of...

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Main Author: Weierman, Karen Woods, 1971- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2019]
Series:Childhoods: interdisciplinary perspectives on children and youth.
Subjects:
Med > (Slave), > 1830-1838.
Free African Americans > Massachusetts > Boston > Biography.
Child slaves > Massachusetts > Boston > Biography.
Antislavery movements > Massachusetts > Boston.
Slavery > Massachusetts > History.
Slaves > Legal status, laws, etc. > Massachusetts.
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > Massachusetts.
Biographies.
History.
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