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Freeing Charles:

The Struggle to Free a Slave on the Eve of the Civil War

ISBN-13: 9780252076886
Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
Imprint: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
By Scott Christianson
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Local release date: 14/10/2010
Format: Paperback 240 pages Weight: 0g
Categories: History of the Americas [HBJK]

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Google Preview: Freeing Charles recounts the life and epic rescue of captured fugitive slave Charles Nalle of Culpeper, Virginia, who was forcibly liberated by Harriet Tubman and others in Troy, New York, on April 27, 1860. Scott Christianson follows Nalle from his enslavement by the Hansborough family in Virginia through his escape by the Underground Railroad and his experiences in the North on the eve of the Civil War. This engaging narrative represents the first in-depth historical study of this crucial incident, one of the fiercest anti-slavery riots after Harpers Ferry. Christianson also presents a richly detailed look at slavery culture in antebellum Virginia and probes the deepest political and psychological aspects of this epic tale. His account underscores fundamental questions about racial inequality, the rule of law, civil disobedience, and violent resistance to slavery in the antebellum North and South.; ''Magnificently conceived and subtly rendered. Christianson not only brings to life the men and women of the Underground Railroad, he also guides us unflinchingly along the heartbreaking fault line of racial relations that warped life in America in the age of slavery.'' Fergus M. Bordewich, author of Bound for Canaan: The Underground Railroad and the War for the Soul of America ''One of the long forgotten yet incredibly important events in our nation's history. Christianson serves up history like a master storyteller: a great dose of drama, tragedy, triumph, love, illicit sex, and a cast of characters that will surprise and delight.'' Kate Clifford Larson, author of Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero; Google Preview content

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Freeing Charles:

The Struggle to Free a Slave on the Eve of the Civil War