Flight to the Margins: Harriet Jacobs and Liminal Fugitivity
Political Theory: An International Journal of Political Philosophy
Published online on January 29, 2026
Abstract
Political Theory, Volume 54, Issue 3, Page 345-370, June 2026.
What would it look like to flee oppression and violence if you could not get very far away? Although enslaved people’s fugitivity in the United States is often understood through the story of complete escape, there were many more enslaved people who fled...
What would it look like to flee oppression and violence if you could not get very far away? Although enslaved people’s fugitivity in the United States is often understood through the story of complete escape, there were many more enslaved people who fled...