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1 online resource (1 audio file (8hr., 38 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Performer |
Read by Johnny Heller. |
| Summary |
Few legal cases in American history are as riveting as the controversy surrounding the will of Virginia Senator John Randolph (1773-1833), which-almost inexplicably-freed all 383 of his slaves in one of the largest and most publicized manumissions in American history. So famous is the case that Ta-Nehisi Coates has used it to condemn Randolph's cousin, Thomas Jefferson, for failing to free his own slaves. With this groundbreaking investigation, historian Gregory May now reveals a more surprising story, showing how madness and scandal shaped John Randolph's wildly shifting attitudes toward his slaves-and how endemic prejudice in the North ultimately deprived the freedmen of the land Randolph had promised them. Sweeping from the legal spectacle of the contested will through the freedmen's dramatic flight and horrific reception in Ohio, A Madman's Will is an extraordinary saga about the alluring promise of freedom and its tragic limitations. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Randolph, John, 1773-1833 -- Will.
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Randolph, John, 1773-1833 -- Estate.
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Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- Virginia.
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Freed persons -- Ohio -- History.
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African Americans -- Ohio -- History.
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Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century.
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Probate law and practice -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century.
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Freed persons -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Ohio -- History -- 19th century.
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| Added Author |
Heller, Johnny.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781666641257 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1666641251 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT15803918 |
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