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The force of a feather : the search for a lost story of slavery and freedom / DeEtta Demaratus.

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Main Author: Demaratus, DeEtta, 1941-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, ©2002.
Subjects:
Mason, Biddy, > 1818-1891.
Mason, Biddy, > 1818-1891 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Habeas corpus > California > Los Angeles County.
Enslaved women > United States > Biography.
Enslaved persons > United States > Biography.
Freed persons > United States > Biography.
African American women > Biography.
Women philanthropists > California > Los Angeles County > Biography.
Table of Contents:
  • The dream
  • White woman running
  • The writ
  • Meeting Mississippi
  • The verdict
  • Getting to the right state
  • The promise
  • Five codas
  • The letter.

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