Beyond freedom's reach : a kidnapping in the twilight of slavery

Publication Data

• Title Beyond freedom's reach : a kidnapping in the twilight of slavery
• Alternative Title Kidnapping in the twilight of slavery
• Author Adam Rothman
• Publisher Harvard University Press
• Publication date 2015
• Publication location Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Language English

Contents

Prologue
Pointe Coupée
New Orleans
War
Justice
Reunion
Epilogue
Appendix: Rose Herrera's petition.

Topics

• Herrera, Rose, approximately 1835-
• African American women :: Louisiana :: Biography
• Freedmen :: Louisiana :: Biography
• Kidnapping :: United States :: History :: 19th century
• African Americans :: Legal status, laws, etc.
• Custody of children :: United States :: Case studies
• Mother and child :: United States :: Case studies
• Slavery :: Louisiana :: History :: 19th century
• Slavery :: Cuba :: History :: 19th century
• Louisiana :: Biography
• Louisiana

Beyond freedom's reach : a kidnapping in the twilight of slavery by Adam Rothman. ISBN 9780674368125. Published by Harvard University Press in 2015. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.