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This book received funding through the NWO Vidi project “Beacons of Freedom: Slave Refugees in North America, 1800–1860” (2015–2020).
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Names: Mareite, Thomas, 1992- author.
Title: Conditional freedom : free soil and fugitive slaves from the U.S. South to Mexico's Northeast, 1803-1861 / by Thomas Mareite.
Other titles: Free soil and fugitive slaves, from the U.S. South to Mexico's Northeast, 1803-1861
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2023. | Series: Studies in global slavery, 2405-4585 ; volume 14 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2022050127 (print) | LCCN 2022050128 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004523272 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004523289 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Fugitive slaves--United States--History--19th century. | Fugitive slaves--Mexico--History--19th century. | Black people--Mexico--History--19th century. | Underground Railroad. | Refugees--Mexico--History--19th century. | Mexican-American Border Region--Race relations--History--19th century.
Classification: LCC E450 .M374 2023 (print) | LCC E450 (ebook) | DDC 973.7/115--dc23/eng/20221109
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022050127
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022050128
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ISSN 2405-4585
ISBN 978-90-04-52327-2 (hardback)
ISBN 978-90-04-52328-9 (e-book)
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