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BL
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631982
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Rothman, Adam,1971-
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| Title & Author
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Beyond freedom's reach : : a kidnapping in the twilight of slavery /\ Adam Rothman
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263 pages :: illustrations, maps ;; 22 cm
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| ISBN
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9780674368125 (alk. paper)
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: 0674368126 (alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Prologue -- Pointe Coupée -- New Orleans -- War -- Justice -- Reunion -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Rose Herrera's petition
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| Abstract
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Born into slavery in rural Louisiana, Rose Herera was bought and sold several times before being purchased by the De Hart family of New Orleans. Still a slave, she married and had children, who also became the property of the De Harts. But after Union forces captured New Orleans in 1862 during the American Civil War, Herera's owners fled to Havana, taking three of her small children with them. Just how far the rights of freed slaves extended was unclear to black and white people alike, and so when Mary De Hart returned to New Orleans in 1865 to visit friends, she was surprised to find herself taken into custody as a kidnapper. The case of Rose Herera's abducted children made its way through New Orleans' courts, igniting a custody battle that revealed the prospects and limits of justice during Reconstruction. Rose Herera's perseverance brought her children's plight to the attention of members of the U.S. Senate and State Department, who turned a domestic conflict into an international scandal
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Herrera, Rose,approximately 1835-
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African American women-- Louisiana, Biography
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Freedmen-- Louisiana, Biography
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Kidnapping-- United States-- History-- 19th century
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African Americans-- Legal status, laws, etc
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Custody of children-- United States, Case studies
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Mother and child-- United States, Case studies
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Slavery-- Louisiana-- History-- 19th century
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Slavery-- Cuba-- History-- 19th century
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Louisiana, Biography
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| Dewey Classification
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306.3/62092B
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| LC Classification
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E185.93.L6R58 2015
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| Parallel Title
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Kidnapping in the twilight of slavery
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