Beacons of Liberty

Introduction; 1. Reform and Relocation: West Africa and Haiti in the Early Republic; 2. Exit and Expansion: The Search for Legal Equality in a Time of Crisis; 3. Departure and Debate: Free Black Emigration to Canada and Mexico; 4. Assessing Abolition: Investigating the Results of British Emancipation; 5. Reputations and Expectations: Assessing Migrant Life in Upper Canada; 6. Escape and Escalation: Self-Emancipation and the Geopolitics of Freedom; 7. Free Soil, Fiction, and the Fugitive Slave Act; 8. Emigration and Enmity: The Meaning of Free Soil in a Nation Divided; Conclusion; Appendix: Reference Material; Bibliography; Index.

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