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001			on1198444611
003			OCoLC
005			20201204131652.0
008			200916t20202020ctuabj b 001 0ceng d
010			_a 2020935982
040			_aTOH _beng _erda _cTOH _dBDX _dDYJ _dCDX _dNFG
020			_a9780300234121 _q(hardcover ; _qalk. paper)
020			_a0300234120 _q(hardcover ; _qalk. paper)
035			_a(OCoLC)1198444611
043			_an-us-md
092			_a306.362 _bT463
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aThomas, William G., _d1964- _eauthor.
245	1	2	_aA question of freedom : _bthe families who challenged slavery from the nation's founding to the Civil War / _cWilliam G. Thomas III.
246	3	0	_aFamilies who challenged slavery from the nation's founding to the Civil War
264		1	_aNew Haven : _bYale University Press, _c[2020]
264		4	_c©2020
300			_a418 pages : _billustrations, maps, genealogical charts ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	2		_aPrologue: Georgetown, April 2017 -- The planting -- The inheritance.
520			_aThe story of the longest and most complex legal challenge to slavery in American history, in which a number of enslaved families challenged their bondage in court.
650		0	_aSlaves _xEmancipation _zMaryland _zPrince George's County.
650		0	_aSlaves _xEmancipation _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aSlaves _zMaryland _zPrince George's County _vBiography.
650		0	_aSlaves _zUnited States _vBiography. _952240
650		0	_aSlaves _xLegal status, laws, etc. _zMaryland _zPrince George's County.
650		0	_aSlaves _xLegal status, laws, etc. _zUnited States. _970758
650		0	_aAntislavery movements _zMaryland _zPrince George's County.
650		0	_aAntislavery movements _zUnited States. _924159
651		0	_aPrince George's County (Md.) _xHistory.
994			_aC0 _bNFG
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