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Book Synopsis
McCreary and his community provide a framework to examine slave catching and kidnapping in the Baltimore-Wilmington-Philadelphia region and how those activities contributed to the nation's political and visceral divide.

Table of Contents

Preface & Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Maelstrom
2. A Failed Compromise
3. "Hanging the First Abolitionist that They Catch in Maryland"
4. The Trials of Rachel Parker
5. Kidnapping . . . or Slave Catching?
6. End of an Era
Afterword
References
Index

Stealing Freedom Along the MasonDixon Line

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      Publisher Maryland Historical Society
      Published 11 March 2016
      ISBN-13 9780996594448
      978-0996594448
      ISBN-10 0996594442
      Also in:
      Slavery, enslaved persons and abolition of slavery

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      McCreary and his community provide a framework to examine slave catching and kidnapping in the Baltimore-Wilmington-Philadelphia region and how those activities contributed to the nation's political and visceral divide.

      Table of Contents

      Preface & Acknowledgments
      Introduction
      1. The Maelstrom
      2. A Failed Compromise
      3. "Hanging the First Abolitionist that They Catch in Maryland"
      4. The Trials of Rachel Parker
      5. Kidnapping . . . or Slave Catching?
      6. End of an Era
      Afterword
      References
      Index

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