Editor’s Note: There has been an avalanche of important new scholarship on the Underground Railroad over the last twenty years, and yet there remains a critical gap in the literature. Scholars know comparatively little about the slave catchers (or kidnappers) who chased after the fugitives (or freedom seekers). This is a challenge that Maryland historian […]
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Discovering the Story of a Slave Catcher
Posted by Matthew Pinsker Published in Antebellum (1840-1861), Recent Scholarship2 comments
