The fugitive's properties [electronic resource] : law and the poetics of possession / Stephen M. Best.
Publication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2004.Description: xii, 362 p. : illISBN:- 0226044335 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0226044343 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780226044347
- 9780226241111 (e-book)
- Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896. Uncle Tom's cabin
- American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- Slavery in literature
- Fugitive slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States
- Law and literature -- History -- 19th century
- African Americans in literature
- Fugitive slaves in literature
- Property in literature
- Race in literature
- 810.9/3552 22
- PS217.S55 B47 2004eb

Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-351) and index.
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