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Beyond Freedom's Reach: A Kidnapping in the Twilight of Slavery
Adam Rothman
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Description for Beyond Freedom's Reach: A Kidnapping in the Twilight of Slavery
Hardcover. After Union forces captured New Orleans in 1862, Rose Herera's owners fled to Havana, taking her three children with them. Adam Rothman tells the story of Herera's quest to rescue her children from bondage after the war. As the kidnapping case made its way through the courts, it revealed the prospects and limits of justice during Reconstruction. Num Pages: 263 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTS; HBWJ; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 151 x 30. Weight in Grams: 436.
Born into slavery in rural Louisiana, Rose Herera was bought and sold several times before being purchased by the De Hart family of New Orleans. Still a slave, she married and had children, who also became the property of the De Harts. But after Union forces captured New Orleans in 1862 during the American Civil War, Herera’s owners fled to Havana, taking three of her small children with them. Beyond Freedom’s Reach is the true story of one woman’s quest to rescue her children from bondage.
In a gripping, meticulously researched account, Adam Rothman lays bare the mayhem of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
436g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674368125
SKU
V9780674368125
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About Adam Rothman
Adam Rothman is Associate Professor of History, Georgetown University.
Reviews for Beyond Freedom's Reach: A Kidnapping in the Twilight of Slavery
[A] riveting narrative… Rothman’s theme is the moral logic of slavery as embedded in law and social custom.
Jason Berry
Daily Beast
The book’s major novelty is its focus on individual personal suffering as opposed to a typical slavery history which is concerned with the quantity of suffering… The informal and engaging tone succeeds in lending Beyond ... Read more
Jason Berry
Daily Beast
The book’s major novelty is its focus on individual personal suffering as opposed to a typical slavery history which is concerned with the quantity of suffering… The informal and engaging tone succeeds in lending Beyond ... Read more