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7573621Seeking Justicehttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/seeking-justice-9780813953465/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/7199100/image.jpg?v=638852717452530000601668MXNUniversity of Virginia PressInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>The amazing story of one illegally enslaved Virginia familys dauntless legal appeal for freedom</strong></p><p>Before the Civil War brought emancipation to the South, some enslaved people managed to use the legal systemthe same one that had concocted and long perpetuated their bondageto sue for their freedom from owners who unlawfully held them in slavery. In <em>Seeking Justice</em>, Daniel Thorp tells the story behind <em>Unis v. Charltons Administrator</em>, one of the most extensive of these freedom suits in all of American history.</p><p>It began when a woman, known only as Flora, was born in Connecticut and sold into slavery in Virginia. Her children sued, and over more than thirty years, four cases involving almost fifty plaintiffs moved through the Virginia court system before finally reaching a conclusion in 1855. <em>Seeking Justice</em> narrates this remarkable saga, illuminating Black Americans legal literacy and shining a light on the unusual permutations of the antebellum judicial world and the courage it took for Floras family to plunge into the legal heart of a slave society.</p>...7187458Seeking Justice601668https://www.gandhi.com.mx/seeking-justice-9780813953465/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/7199100/image.jpg?v=638852717452530000InStockMXN99999PR_DIEbook20259780813953465_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9780813953465_<p><strong>The amazing story of one illegally enslaved Virginia familys dauntless legal appeal for freedom</strong></p><p>Before the Civil War brought emancipation to the South, some enslaved people managed to use the legal systemthe same one that had concocted and long perpetuated their bondageto sue for their freedom from owners who unlawfully held them in slavery. In <em>Seeking Justice</em>, Daniel Thorp tells the story behind <em>Unis v. Charltons Administrator</em>, one of the most extensive of these freedom suits in all of American history.</p><p>It began when a woman, known only as Flora, was born in Connecticut and sold into slavery in Virginia. Her children sued, and over more than thirty years, four cases involving almost fifty plaintiffs moved through the Virginia court system before finally reaching a conclusion in 1855. <em>Seeking Justice</em> narrates this remarkable saga, illuminating Black Americans legal literacy and shining a light on the unusual permutations of the antebellum judicial world and the courage it took for Floras family to plunge into the legal heart of a slave society.</p>...9780813953465_University of Virginia Presspreventa9780813953465_9780813953465Daniel B.InglésMéxico2025-08-01T00:00:00+00:00https://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/ingram30-epub-b28075dc-a6b9-4ccd-80d7-93ed10dcb2e8.epub2025-08-01T00:00:00+00:00University of Virginia Press