Border War : Fighting over Slavery before the Civil War /

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This manuscript examines violence in the border region stretching from New Jersey and Maryland in the East to Missouri and Kansas in the West in the antebellum period, from confrontations over kidnappings by slave catchers of fugitive slaves in the antislavery states to armed abolitionist activities...

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Autor principal: Harrold, Stanley (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2010]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
United States. > Fugitive slave law (1850)
Fugitive slave law (United States : 1850)
History & Archaeology.
United States - General.
Regions & Countries - Americas.
War > Causes.
Slavery > Legal status of slaves in free states.
Slavery > Law and legislation.
Slavery.
Fugitive slaves > Legal status, laws, etc.
Antislavery movements.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
Esclavage > États-Unis > Statut juridique des esclaves dans les États libres.
Mouvements antiesclavagistes > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Esclavage > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Slavery > Law and legislation > United States.
Slavery > United States > Legal status of slaves in free states.
Fugitive slaves > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Antislavery movements > United States > History > 19th century.
Slavery > United States > History > 19th century.
United States > Border States (U.S. Civil War)
United States.
États limitrophes (Guerre de Secession, États-Unis)
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Causes.
Border States (U.S. Civil War)
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : perception of war
  • Early clashes
  • Fear and reaction in the border South
  • Southern aggression in the lower North
  • Interstate diplomacy
  • Fighting against slavery in the lower North
  • The struggle for the border South
  • Fighting over the fugitive slave law
  • Pressure on the border South increases
  • From border war to Civil War.

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