Freeing Charles : the struggle to free a slave on the eve of the Civil War

Summary: 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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780252076886
ISBN: 9780252034398
ISBN: 0252076885
ISBN: 0252034392
ISBN: 9781283028868
ISBN: 9780252090844
ISBN: 1283028867
ISBN: 0252090845
Physical Description: 1 online resource.
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Computer data.
Publisher: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2010]
Copyright: �2010

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:september.20 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Genesis -- 2. Revelation -- 3. Master and Slave Relations -- 4. The Shakeup -- 5. Making the Break -- 6. The Escape -- 7. Still in Philadelphia -- 8. Farmed Out -- 9. Family Pays a Heavy Price -- 10. Meteors -- 11. Hooking Up -- 12. Caught -- 13. Busting Out -- 14. Rescue -- 15. Aftermath -- 16. The War Hits Home in Culpeper, 1861-65 -- 17. Moving On -- 18. The Search for Charles Nalle -- Appendix -- Notes -- Index -- Illustrations.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by EBSCO.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.