Border war : fighting over slavery before the Civil War / Stanley Harrold.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harrold, Stanley.

Series:

Civil War America.

Civil War America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--United States--History--19th century.

Slavery.

Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century.

Antislavery movements.

Fugitive slaves--Legal status, laws, etc--United States.

Fugitive slaves.

Slavery--United States--Legal status of enslaved persons in free states.

Slavery--Law and legislation--United States.

Border States (U.S. Civil War).

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Causes.

United States.

United States. Fugitive slave law (1850).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (311 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2010.

Summary:

During the 1840's and 1850's, a dangerous ferment afflicted the North-South border region, pitting the slave states of Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, and Missouri against the free states of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. Aspects of this struggle--the underground railroad, enforcement of the fugitive slave laws, mob actions, and sectional politics--are well known as parts of other stories. Here, Stanley Harrold explores the border struggle itself, the dramatic incidents that it comprised, and its role in the complex dynamics leading to the Civil War. Border War

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Introduction Perception of War; 1 Early Clashes; 2 Fear and Reaction in the Border South; 3 Southern Aggression in the Lower North; 4 Interstate Diplomacy; 5 Fighting against Slavery in the Lower North; 6 The Struggle for the Border South; 7 Fighting over the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850; 8 Pressure on the Border South Increases; 9 From Border War to Civil War; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780807899557

0807899550

OCLC:

676698364