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Paperback. Condition: Good. The 1850 Fugitive Slave Law, which mandated action to aid in the recovery of runaway slaves and denied fugitives legal rights if they were apprehended, quickly became a focal point in the debate over the future of slavery and the nature of the union. In Making Freedom, R. J. M. Blackett uses the experiences of escaped slaves and those who aided them to explore the inner workings of the Underground Railroad and the enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law, while shedding light on the political effects of slave escape in southern states, border states, and the North.Blackett highlights the lives of those who escaped, the impact of the fugitive slave cases, and the extent to which slaves planning to escape were aided by free blacks, fellow slaves, and outsiders who went south to entice them to escape. Using these stories of particular individuals, moments, and communities, Blackett shows how slave flight shaped national politics as the South witnessed slavery beginning to collapse and the North experienced a threat to its freedom. …

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Paperback. Condition: Good. In 1864 the Philadelphia Press commissioned Thomas Morris Chester, son of an ex-slave to cover the activities of black troops on the Virginia front. The only black correspondent for a major daily during the Civil War, Chester covered the crucial final year of the war around Richmond. His dispatches constitute the most sustained and extensive first-hand account of black soldiers in existence. As the war came to a close, Chester richly described the responses of Confederate troops and civilians to encounters with black soldiers, as he joined the black troops of the 25th Army Corps as they led the victorious Union forces into Richmond. In this volume, R.J.M. Blackett provides a concise biography of Chester and reproduces in annotated form his Civil War dispatches, which are remarkable for their detail and their graphic accounts of the destruction, the excitement and the liberation of theCivil War experience.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Instructor and Life Coach Kari Blackett's Career Achievement: Growing Your Goals teaches students how to personally and professionally achieve their goals. Whether searching for a first job, planning a career change, or unexpectedly searching for employment, Career Achievement provides valuable information to land the perfect job and advance a desired career path. This comprehensive text couples the most tried-and-true steps to achievingcareer goals with new principles and tools that are absent in other career development books. Career Achievement is a powerful combination of both proven and new career assessment, marketing, communication, and management tools.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Instructor and Life Coach Kari Blackett's Career Achievement: Growing Your Goals teaches students how to personally and professionally achieve their goals. Whether searching for a first job, planning a career change, or unexpectedly searching for employment, Career Achievement provides valuable information to land the perfect job and advance a desired career path. This comprehensive text couples the most tried-and-true steps to achievingcareer goals with new principles and tools that are absent in other career development books. Career Achievement is a powerful combination of both proven and new career assessment, marketing, communication, and management tools.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. The 1850 Fugitive Slave Law, which mandated action to aid in the recovery of runaway slaves and denied fugitives legal rights if they were apprehended, quickly became a focal point in the debate over the future of slavery and the nature of the union. In Making Freedom, R. J. M. Blackett uses the experiences of escaped slaves and those who aided them to explore the inner workings of the Underground Railroad and the enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law, while shedding light on the political effects of slave escape in southern states, border states, and the North.Blackett highlights the lives of those who escaped, the impact of the fugitive slave cases, and the extent to which slaves planning to escape were aided by free blacks, fellow slaves, and outsiders who went south to entice them to escape. Using these stories of particular individuals, moments, and communities, Blackett shows how slave flight shaped national politics as the South witnessed slavery beginning to collapse and the North experienced a threat to its freedom. …

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Paperback. Condition: Good. In 1864 the Philadelphia Press commissioned Thomas Morris Chester, son of an ex-slave to cover the activities of black troops on the Virginia front. The only black correspondent for a major daily during the Civil War, Chester covered the crucial final year of the war around Richmond. His dispatches constitute the most sustained and extensive first-hand account of black soldiers in existence. As the war came to a close, Chester richly described the responses of Confederate troops and civilians to encounters with black soldiers, as he joined the black troops of the 25th Army Corps as they led the victorious Union forces into Richmond. In this volume, R.J.M. Blackett provides a concise biography of Chester and reproduces in annotated form his Civil War dispatches, which are remarkable for their detail and their graphic accounts of the destruction, the excitement and the liberation of theCivil War experience.…

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Instructor and Life Coach Kari Blackett's Career Achievement: Growing Your Goals teaches students how to personally and professionally achieve their goals. Whether searching for a first job, planning a career change, or unexpectedly searching for employment, Career Achievement provides valuable information to land the perfect job and advance a desired career path. This comprehensive text couples the most tried-and-true steps to achievingcareer goals with new principles and tools that are absent in other career development books. Career Achievement is a powerful combination of both proven and new career assessment, marketing, communication, and management tools.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Instructor and Life Coach Kari Blackett's Career Achievement: Growing Your Goals teaches students how to personally and professionally achieve their goals. Whether searching for a first job, planning a career change, or unexpectedly searching for employment, Career Achievement provides valuable information to land the perfect job and advance a desired career path. This comprehensive text couples the most tried-and-true steps to achievingcareer goals with new principles and tools that are absent in other career development books. Career Achievement is a powerful combination of both proven and new career assessment, marketing, communication, and management tools.…