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Seeking Freedom Through Maritime Means
Law
"Between 1822 and 1857, eight Southern states barred the ingress of all free black maritime workers. According to lawmakers, they carried a 'moral contagion' of abolitionism and black autonomy that could be transmitted to local slaves."
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Michael A. Schoeppner, Moral Contagion: Black Atlantic Sailors, Citizenship, and Diplomacy in Antebellum America
Seeking Freedom Through Maritime Means
David Ruggles
Seeking Freedom Through Maritime Means
The Eight
The Lemmon Slave Case and the Fight for Freedom
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