| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xiv, 324 p. : map. |
| Series |
The North's Civil War |
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North's Civil War.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: The Fugitive Slave Issue on "the Edge of Freedom" -- South Central Pennsylvania, Fugitive Slaves, and the Underground Railroad -- Thaddeus Stevens' Dilemma, Colonizationism, and the Turbulent Years of Early Antislavery in Adams County, 1835-39 -- Antislavery Petitioning in South Central Pennsylvania -- The Fugitive Slave Issue on Trial : The 1840s in South Central Pennsylvania -- Controversy and Christiana : The Fugitive Slave Issue in South Central Pennsylvania, 1850-51 -- Interlude: Kidnapping, Kansas, and the Rise of Race-Based Partisanship : The Fugitive Slave Issue in South Central Pennsylvania, 1852-57 -- Revival of the Fugitive Slave Issue, 1858-61 -- Contrabands, "White Victories," and the Ultimate Slave Hunt : The Recasting the Fugitive Slave Issue in Civil War South Central Pennsylvania -- After the Shooting : South Central Pennsylvania after the Civil War -- Conclusion: The Postwar Ramifications of the Fugitive Slave Issue "On the Edge of Freedom" -- Appendix A: Selected Fugitive Slave Advertisements, 1818-1828 -- Appendix B: 1828 South Central Pennsylvania Petition Opposing Slavery in the District of Columbia -- Appendix C: 1847 Gettysburg African American Petition -- Appendix D: 1846 Adams County Petition -- Appendix E: 1861 Franklin County Pro-Colonization Petition -- Appendix F: 1861 Adams County Pro-Colonization Petition -- Appendix G: [Second] 1861 Adams County Pro-Colonization Petition -- Appendix H: 1861 Doylestown, Bucks County Pro-Colonization Petition -- Appendix I: 1861 Newtown, Bucks County Pro-Personal Liberty Law Petition. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Fugitive slaves -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 19th century.
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Fugitive slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 19th century.
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African Americans -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 19th century.
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Antislavery movements -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 19th century.
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Abolitionists -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 19th century.
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Underground Railroad -- Pennsylvania.
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Borderlands -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 19th century.
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Pennsylvania -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780823240326 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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