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Street Diplomacy: The Politics of Slavery and Freedom in Philadelphia, 1820-1850

Street Diplomacy: The Politics of Slavery and Freedom in Philadelphia, 1820-1850

Drago, Elliott

Hardcover

Black American HistoryAnthropologyGeneral Racism & Ethnic Studies

ISBN10: 1421444534
ISBN13: 9781421444536
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: Nov 15 2022
Pages: 304
Weight: 1.36
Height: 0.81 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

An illuminating look at how Philadelphia's antebellum free Black community defended themselves against kidnappings and how this street diplomacy forced Pennsylvanians to confront the politics of slavery.

As the most southern of northern cities in a state that bordered three slave states, antebellum Philadelphia maintained a long tradition of both abolitionism and fugitive slave activity. Although Philadelphia's Black community lived in a free city in a free state, they faced constant threats to their personal safety and freedom. Enslavers, kidnappers, and slave catchers prowled the streets of Philadelphia in search of potential victims, violent anti-Black riots erupted in the city, and white politicians legislated to undermine Black freedom. In Street Diplomacy, Elliott Drago illustrates how the political and physical conflicts that arose over fugitive slave removals and the kidnappings of free Black people forced Philadelphians to confront the politics of slavery.

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