The Kidnapping Club

Wall Street, Slavery, and Resistance on the Eve of the Civil War

A history of the Kidnapping Club, a network of New York City judges, lawyers, police officers, and bankers who circumvented northern anti-slavery laws by kidnapping and selling free Black Americans for vast sums of wealth.

Bold Type Books
2020
9781568587523
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