Q&A with William G. Thomas III, author of ‘A Question of Freedom’
Jan 04, 2021
2 minutes
Many Americans may be surprised to learn that enslaved people in the United States used the court system to fight for their freedom. University of Nebraska historian William G. Thomas III highlights such lawsuits against Jesuits in Maryland in “A Question of Freedom: The Families Who Challenged Slavery From the Nation’s Founding to the Civil War.” He
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