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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Hartog, Hendrik, 1948– author.

Title: The trouble with Minna : a case of slavery and emancipation in the antebellum North / Hendrik Hartog.

Description: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2018] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017042874 | ISBN 9781469640884 (cloth : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781469640891 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Slavery—Law and legislation—New Jersey—History. | Slaves—New Jersey—Social conditions—History. | Liability (Law)—New Jersey—History. | African Americans—Legal status, laws, etc.—New Jersey—History.

Classification: LCC E445.N54 H37 2018 | DDC 306.3/6209749—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017042874

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