{"product_id":"jerry-rescue-the-fugitive-slave-law-northern-rights-and-the-american-sectional-crisis-paperback","title":"Jerry Rescue: The Fugitive Slave Law, Northern Rights, and the American Sectional Crisis - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAngela F. Murphy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis compelling micro-history explores how the passage of the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 affected fugitive slaves, free blacks, abolitionists, and northern white citizens. \u003cem\u003eThe Jerry Rescue: The Fugitive Slave Law, Northern Rights, and the American Sectional Crisis\u003c\/em\u003e is a narrative of the events surrounding the arrest of William \"Jerry\" Henry on October 1, 1851. Jerry, who thought he was to be charged with a minor infraction committed in Syracuse, went peacefully with the officials who arrested him; but he soon realized that he was in far more trouble than they had indicated. They were detaining him under the provisions of the recently passed Fugitive Slave Law of 1850, and federal officials intended to hold a hearing to determine whether Jerry would remain a free man in New York or if he would be sent to the slave state of Missouri as the property of John McReynolds, who claimed Jerry as his slave. Because of the actions of a variety of individuals in Syracuse, that hearing was\u003cbr\u003eabruptly cut short and Jerry was forcibly removed from the custody of his captors. \u003cem\u003eThe Jerry Rescue\u003c\/em\u003e provides an absorbing narrative of the events that the arrest of Jerry set in motion, illuminates the motives and concerns of those who were involved in those events, and places the story in the wider context of the American sectional crisis. Examining such topics as northern defiance of the Fugitive Slave Law, the growth of sectional tension in the United States, antislavery debates about how best to attack the institution of slavery, black and white cooperation in the movement to end slavery, and the question of northern states' rights, \u003cem\u003eThe Jerry Rescue\u003c\/em\u003e is eminently rich with historical details, clarity, and objective analysis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAngela F. Murphy\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor of History at Texas State University. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eAmerican Slavery, Irish Freedom: Abolition, Immigrant Citizenship, and The Transatlantic Movement for Irish Repeal \u003c\/em\u003e(2010).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 30, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754039083296,"sku":"9780199913602","price":42.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3b8e6c912d1ecab4fec8c2a218e3292a.webp?v=1780032090","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/jerry-rescue-the-fugitive-slave-law-northern-rights-and-the-american-sectional-crisis-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}