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Beyond Freedom’s Reach: A Kidnapping in the Twilight of Slavery Adam Rothman
Beyond Freedom’s Reach: A Kidnapping in the Twilight of Slavery
Adam Rothman
After Union forces captured New Orleans in 1862, Rose Herera’s owners fled to Havana, taking her three children with them. Adam Rothman tells the story of Herera’s quest to rescue her children from bondage after the war. As the kidnapping case made its way through the courts, it revealed the prospects and limits of justice during Reconstruction.
288 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | February 25, 2015 |
| ISBN13 | 9780674368125 |
| Publishers | Harvard University Press |
| Genre | Chronological Period > 1851-1899 - Topical > Civil War |
| Pages | 288 |
| Dimensions | 151 × 219 × 30 mm · 436 g |
| Language | English |