The 1850 Fugitive Slave Law; which mandated action to aid in the recovery of runaway slaves and denied fugitives legal rights if they were apprehended; quickly became a focal point in the debate over the future of slavery and the nature of the union. In Making Freedom; R. J. M. Blackett uses the experiences of escaped slaves and those who aided them to explore the inner workings of the Underground Railroad and the enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law; while shedding light on the political effects of slave escape in southern states; border states; and the North. Blackett highlights the lives of those who escaped; the impact of the fugitive slave cases; and the extent to which slaves planning to escape were aided by free blacks; fellow slaves; and outsiders who went south to entice them to escape. Using these stories of particular individuals; moments; and communities; Blackett shows how slave flight shaped national politics as the South witnessed slavery beginning to collapse and the North experienced a threat to its freedom.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Germania by Cornelius TacitusBy Ron SpolarTranslated by Thomas Gordon. Often the wording used in translating the original text is clearly not modern English. Therefore understanding what is written here is often difficult. I don't have a dictionary of Old English or Middle English or whatever this is so I'm at a loss. Better job could have been done in translating. A problem not of the translator's is the names of these Germanictribes. I can find no map from this era that identifies these tribal states. If there exists such information ; it would be helpful to have an Appendix with such maps and definitions of the tribes. Otherwise this is valuable as an observation of Germanic peoples; their dress; something of their culture; their values at this point in time. Apparently none other exists. I would like to see someone extract more comprehensible history out of this in put it into modern English. I could certainly be wrong in my judgement here but as a direct translation of historic Greek this is "raw."0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. When Germans Were Really Germans!By LeffingwellThe great classic on Germany will always be just that; a classic!0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. First half of the book is awesomeBy SteveFist half is awesome. The last half is very specific. It seems he lists and describes so many types of Germanic tribes that is hard to keep track of which is which. The only way to really know what the people of Germania were like would be to travel back in time and see for yourself.. But i would imagine how intimidating some of them would be. Overall very good read.
