Bibliograph

Archy Lee, a California fugitive slave case, Rudolph M. Lapp ; foreword by Shirley Ann Wilson Moore

Type

Label

Archy Lee, a California fugitive slave case, Rudolph M. Lapp ; foreword by Shirley Ann Wilson Moore

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Archy Lee

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

183608103

Responsibility statement

Rudolph M. Lapp ; foreword by Shirley Ann Wilson Moore

Sub title

a California fugitive slave case

Summary

"Part courtroom drama, part adventure story, Rudolph M. Lapp's Archy Lee captures the essence of the celebrated 1858 trial of an alleged fugitive slave in California. When Archy Lee is arrested in Sacramento for refusing to return to Mississippi with his ''master,'' his status in the free state of California becomes the focus of controversy. Lapp tells of the narrow escapes, disappearances, legal maneuvers, and tenacity involved in the black community's fight for civil rights, and the throngs of people--black and white--who took to the streets in celebration of Archy's eventual release"--, Amazon

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