On the Edge of Freedom : : The Fugitive Slave Issue in South Central Pennsylvania, 1820-1870 /

On the Edge of Freedom : : The Fugitive Slave Issue in South Central Pennsylvania, 1820-1870 / / David G. Smith.

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In On the Edge of Freedom, David G. Smith breaks new ground by illuminating the unique development of antislavery sentiment in south central Pennsylvania—a border region of a border state with a complicatedhistory of slavery, antislavery activism, and unequal freedom. During the antebellum decades e...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Fordham University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
VerfasserIn:
Smith, David G.,
MitwirkendeR:
Cimbala, Paul A.,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2014]
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
Series:The North's Civil War
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Physical Description:1 online resource (344 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. South Central Pennsylvania, Fugitive Slaves, and the Underground Railroad
  • 2. Thaddeus Stevens’ Dilemma, Colonization, and the Turbulent Years of Early Antislavery in Adams County, 1835–39
  • 3. Antislavery Petitioning in South Central Pennsylvania
  • 4. The Fugitive Slave Issue on Trial
  • 5. Controversy and Christiana
  • 6. Interlude: Kidnapping, Kansas, and the Rise of Race-Based Partisanship
  • 7. Revival of the Fugitive Slave Issue, 1858–61
  • 8. Contrabands, “White Victories,” and the Ultimate Slave Hunt
  • 9. After the Shooting
  • Conclusion
  • Appendixes
  • Notes
  • Archives Consulted
  • Index
  • The North’s Civil War

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