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  • David Ruggles

    A Radical Black Abolitionist and the Underground Railroad in New York City

    Series series The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture
    David Ruggles (1810-1849) was one of the most heroic--and has been one of the most often overlooked--figures of the early abolitionist movement in America. Graham Russell Gao Hodges provides the first biography of this African American activist, writer, publisher, and hydrotherapist who secured liberty for more than six hundred former bond people, the most famous of whom was Frederick Douglass. A ... Leer más

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  • Taxi!

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  • Root and Branch

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    Series series The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture
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    Series series Civil Justice Systems
    This ground-breaking book addresses the challenge of regulatory delivery, defined as the way that regulatory agencies operate in practice to achieve the intended outcomes of regulation.Regulatory reform is moving beyond the design of regulation to address what good regulatory delivery looks like. The challenge in practice is to operate a regulatory regime that is both appropriate and effective. ... Leer más

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