Mason-Dixon : Crucible of the Nation.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gray, Edward G., 1964-2023.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Borderlands--Northeastern States--History--19th century.

Borderlands.

Borderlands--Southern States--History--19th century.

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

Slavery.

Mason-Dixon Line--History.

Mason-Dixon Line.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (457 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2023.

Summary:

Established to calm intracolonial tensions, the Mason-Dixon Line first marked a region of breakneck development and Native American resistance, then the boundary between pro- and antislavery regimes. Edward Gray's is the first comprehensive history of the line and its dynamic role in the US from the colonial period to the Civil War--and beyond.

Contents:

Part I: Marchlands in Motion. Lord Baltimore's Northern Problem

William Penn's Unlikely Empire

The Battle for Maryland's Far North

Part II: Marchlands into Borderlands. The Squatters' Empire

An American Bloodlands

The Science of Borders

Part III: A Border Emerges. The Making of States, Free and Slave

Borderlands as Heartland

Fugitive Diplomacy

The Fall of Greater Baltimore

Part IV: The Age of the Mason-Dixon Line. The Second Fugitive Slave Act

Border War along the Underground Railroad

Borderlands into Border States

The End of the Line.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-674-29524-2

0-674-29526-9

OCLC:

1404061038