Robert K Sutton: 1 book
Stark Mad Abolitionists
Lawrence, Kansas, and the Battle over Slavery in the Civil War Era
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
A town at the center of the United States becomes the site of an ongoing struggle for freedom and equality.
In May, 1854, Massachusetts was in an uproar. A judge, bound by the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850, had just ordered a young African American man who had escaped from slavery in Virginia and settled...
