Flush Times and Fever Dreams by Joshua D Rothman
In 1834 Virgil Stewart rode from western Tennessee to a territory known as the ""Arkansas morass"" in pursuit of John Murrell, a thief accused of stealing two slaves. Stewart's adventure led to a sensational trial and a wildly popular published account that would ultimately help trigger widespread violence during the summer of 1835.JOSHUA D. ROTHMAN is professor of history and chair of the history department at the University of Alabama, where he specializes in the history of slavery, race, nineteenth-century America, and the American South. He is the author or editor of four previous books, including Notorious in the Neighborhood: Sex and Families across the Color Line in Virginia, 1787–1861; Reforming America, 18150-1860: A Norton Documents Reader; Flush Times & Fever Dreams: A Story of Capitalism and Slavery in the Age of Jackson (Georgia), and, most recently, The Ledger and the Chain: How Domestic Slave Traders Shaped America, which was a finalist for the Harriet Tubman Book Prize from the Lapidus Center for the Historical Analysis of Transatlantic Slavery and the Paul E. Lovejoy Prize from the Journal of Global Slavery. He is also the codirector of Freedom on the Move: A Database of Fugitives from American Slavery.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780820346816 |
| ISBN 10 | 0820346810 |
| Title | Flush Times and Fever Dreams |
| Author | Joshua D Rothman |
| Series | Race In The Atlantic World Ser |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of Georgia Press |
| Year published | 2014-04-30 |
| Number of pages | 424 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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