All different kinds of free
By: Jessica McCann
Publisher: Bell Bridge Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Memphis, TN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9781611940053
Subjects: Free blacks; Fiction
Description: "A free woman of color in the 1830s, Margaret Morgan lived a life full of promise. One frigid night in Pennsylvania, that changed forever. [She] was kidnapped from her home and sold into slavery. The state of Pennsylvania charged her kidnapper with the crime, but the conviction was later overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court. It was the first time a major branch of the federal government had made a pro-slavery stand, and the ruling in Prigg v. Pennsylvania sewed the bitter seeds of the states' rights battle that eventually would lead to the Civil War.   Yet, the heart of this story is not a historic Supreme Court ruling. It is the remarkable, unforgettable Margaret Morgan"--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes reading group guide.