The Fugitive's Properties

First printing. Softcover volume, measuring approximately 6" x 9", is like new. xii/362 pages. "In this study of literature and law before and since the Civil War, Stephen M. Best shows how American conceptions of slavery, property, and the idea of the fugitive were profoundly interconnected. "The Fugitive's Properties" uncovers a poetics of intangible, personified property emerging out of antebellum laws,… Read more about this item

University of Chicago Press, 2004-04-02. 1. paperback. Used: Good.

Paperback / softback. New. 'The Fugitive's Properties' uncovers a poetics of intangible, personified property emerging out of antebellum laws, circulating through key 19th century works of literature, and informing cultural forms such as blackface minstrel performance and early race films.

University of Chicago Press, 2004-04-02. 1. paperback. Used:Good.

University of Chicago Press, 2004-04-02. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!