Liberty, Bondage, and the Pursuit of Happiness: The Free Black Expulsion Law and Self-Enslavement in Virginia, 1806--1864
This dissertation seeks to explain why more than 110 African American individuals proposed to enslave themselves (and, in some cases, their children as well) in Virginia from 1854 to 1864. I examine the act of the Virginia legislature in 1856 "providing for the voluntary enslavement of the free...
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W&M ScholarWorks
2011
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| Online Access: | https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539623347 https://scholarworks.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3138&context=etd |