All Different Kinds of Free (Paperback)

from book58lover

Margaret Morgan is the central character in this fictionalized account of slavery pre-Civil War and the subject of a supreme court case, Prigg v. Pennsylvania. It is difficult to make a case interesting, and in fact it isn't discussed much. The story is more about how Margaret comes to be involve...

from cammykitty

In [All Different Kinds of Free], Jessica McCann takes a well known court case from the 1830s and follows the part of the story history forgot. Prigg vs Pensylvania pitted the values of slave-holding Maryland against the abolitionist-centered values of Pennsylvania in a case that ultimately becam...

from MarcusH

This is a fictional story with a lot of historical facts thrown in, so it seems like one is reading a true story. The abuse, degradation, and humilitation that Margaret Morgan and other slaves suffered is very real, and draws the reader into the story. Margaret Morgan was a freed slave, but due t...

from cameling

Historical fiction based on the true case of Margaret Morgan, a free black woman in Pennsylvania, who, together with her children, were abducted by a bounty hunter and sold into slavery in Maryland. Pennsylvania in the 1830s had a Personal Liberty Law which demanded that bounty hunters show proof...

from Cottontail

I recommend everyone should read this book. It is heart-wrenching and based on some actual events during the 1800's. The main character, Margaret, is born free but has no paperwork to back the fact. She and her children are then kidnapped and drug into slavery. Margaret's boys go to different pla...