The kidnapping club : : Wall Street, slavery, and resistance on the eve of the Civil War

Title The kidnapping club : : Wall Street, slavery, and resistance on the eve of the Civil War
Names Wells, Jonathan Daniel.
Book Number DB101661
Title Status Download Only
Narrator Konicek, James.
Annotation A historian recounts how a network of judges, lawyers, and police officers known as "The New York Kidnapping Club" abetted the kidnapping of free and fugitive African Americans in the 1830s. He also describes abolitionist efforts to fight for the rights of New Yorkers. Some violence and some strong language. 2020.
Medium Digital Books
Book Number DB101661
Publication Info New York Bold Type Books 2021 (Potomac Talking Book Services, recording studio)
Local Subject History-US - 129
Some Violence - SV
Some Strong Language - SL
Audience Notes A NLS/BPH
Contains some violence. NLS/BPH
Contains some strong language. NLS/BPH
LC Subject Free African Americans - Legal status, laws, etc - History - 19th century
Free African Americans - New York (State) - New York - History - 19th century
Fugitive slaves - New York (State) - New York - History - 19th century
Fugitive slaves - United States - History - 19th century
Kidnapping victims - New York (State) - New York - History - 19th century
Kidnapping victims - United States - History - 19th century
Slave trade - United States - History - 19th century
Slavery - United States - History - 19th century
Nonfiction
Talking books
Downloadable books
Language English
Original Publication Recorded from: First edition. New York : Bold Type Books, [2020] 9781645037118
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