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Contents Acknowledgments vi Introduction: Traveling Slaves and the Geopolitics of Freedom 1 1 Emancipation after “the Laws of Englishmen” 19 2 Choosing Kin in Antislavery Literature and Law 77 3 The Gender of Freedom before Dred Scott 127 4 The Crime of Color in the Negro Seamen Acts 183 Conclusion: Fictions of Free Travel 240 Notes 263 Index 325 About the Author 339 ...

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