Beyond Freedom's Reach: A Kidnapping in the Twilight of Slavery

by Adam Rothman

Book Overview

Born into slavery in rural Louisiana, Rose Herera was bought and sold several times before being purchased by the De Hart family of New Orleans. Still a slave, she married and had children, who also became the property of the De Harts. But after Union forces captured New Orleans in 1862 during the American Civil War, Herera's owners fled to Havana, taking three of her small children with them. Beyond Freedom's Reach is the true story of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674368126
• ISBN13: 9780674368125
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.5"