"Reducing free men to slavery": Black kidnapping, the "Slave Power," and the politics of abolition in antebellum Illinois, 1830-1860

Matthew Heerman

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Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)261-291
Number of pages31
JournalJournal of the Early Republic
Volume38
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 1 2018

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"Reducing free men to slavery" : Black kidnapping, the "Slave Power," and the politics of abolition in antebellum Illinois, 1830-1860. / Heerman, Matthew.

In: Journal of the Early Republic, Vol. 38, No. 2, 01.06.2018, p. 261-291.

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Heerman, M 2018, '"Reducing free men to slavery": Black kidnapping, the "Slave Power," and the politics of abolition in antebellum Illinois, 1830-1860', Journal of the Early Republic, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 261-291. https://doi.org/10.1353/jer.2018.0027
Heerman M. "Reducing free men to slavery": Black kidnapping, the "Slave Power," and the politics of abolition in antebellum Illinois, 1830-1860. Journal of the Early Republic. 2018 Jun 1;38(2):261-291. https://doi.org/10.1353/jer.2018.0027
Heerman, Matthew. / "Reducing free men to slavery" : Black kidnapping, the "Slave Power," and the politics of abolition in antebellum Illinois, 1830-1860. In: Journal of the Early Republic. 2018 ; Vol. 38, No. 2. pp. 261-291.
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