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Beyond Freedom's Reach Author: Adam Rothman

ISBN: 9780674368125 Format: Hardcover Number Of Pages: 263 Published: 10 January 2015 Country of Publication: US Dimensions (cm): 21.9 x 15.2 x 15.4 Description: 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 one woman s quest to rescue her children from bondage.In a gripping, meticulously researched account, Adam Rothman lays bare the mayhem of emancipation during and after the Civil War. Just how far the rights of freed slaves extended was unclear to black and white people alike, and so when Mary De Hart returned to New Orleans in 1865 to visit friends, she was surprised to find herself taken into custody as a kidnapper. The case of Rose Herera s abducted children made its way through New Orleans courts, igniting a custody battle that revealed the prospects and limits of justice during Reconstruction.Rose Herera s perseverance brought her children s plight to the attention of members of the U.S. Senate and State Department...

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