Slavery's Borderland : Freedom and Bondage Along the Ohio River /

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By centering the practical and figurative significance of the Ohio River as a political border, a cultural boundary, and an artery of movement and economy that gave form to the region, the author sheds light on peculiarities of labor and economy along the Ohio River.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Salafia, Matthew
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2013]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Soziale Situation
Sklaverei
Slavery.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Slavery > Ohio.
Slavery > Indiana.
Slavery > Kentucky.
Ohio-Gebiet
Ohio River Valley.
Ohio.
Kentucky.
Indiana.
Ohio, Vallee de l' > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Ohio, Vallee de l' > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Ohio River Valley > History > 19th century.
Ohio River Valley > History > 18th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Listening to the River
  • Origins of the Border between Slavery and Freedom
  • Crossing the Line
  • Slaveholding Liberators
  • Steamboats and the Transformation of the Borderland
  • Politics of Unity and Difference
  • Fugitive Slaves and the Borderland
  • The Nature of Antislavery in the Borderland
  • The Borderland and the Civil War.

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