001477685 000__ 07238nam\a22009255i\4500 001477685 001__ 1477685 001477685 003__ DE-B1597 001477685 005__ 20231026034823.0 001477685 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001477685 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 001477685 008__ 230103t20142014nyu\\\\\o\\d\z\\\\\\eng\d 001477685 020__ $$a9780823263974 001477685 0247_ $$a10.1515/9780823263974$$2doi 001477685 035__ $$a(DE-B1597)551412 001477685 035__ $$a(OCoLC)1098631920 001477685 040__ $$aDE-B1597$$beng$$cDE-B1597$$erda 001477685 0410_ $$aeng 001477685 044__ $$anyu$$cUS-NY 001477685 050_4 $$aE450$$b.S64 2013eb 001477685 072_7 $$aHIS036050$$2bisacsh 001477685 08204 $$a326/.809748$$223 001477685 1001_ $$aSmith, David G., $$eauthor.$$4aut$$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 001477685 24510 $$aOn the Edge of Freedom :$$bThe Fugitive Slave Issue in South Central Pennsylvania, 1820-1870 /$$cDavid G. Smith. 001477685 264_1 $$aNew York, NY : $$bFordham University Press, $$c[2014] 001477685 264_4 $$c©2014 001477685 300__ $$a1 online resource (344 p.) 001477685 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001477685 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001477685 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001477685 347__ $$atext file$$bPDF$$2rda 001477685 4900_ $$aThe North's Civil War 001477685 50500 $$tFrontmatter -- $$tContents -- $$tTables -- $$tAcknowledgments -- $$tIntroduction -- $$t1. South Central Pennsylvania, Fugitive Slaves, and the Underground Railroad -- $$t2. Thaddeus Stevens' Dilemma, Colonization, and the Turbulent Years of Early Antislavery in Adams County, 1835-39 -- $$t3. Antislavery Petitioning in South Central Pennsylvania -- $$t4. The Fugitive Slave Issue on Trial -- $$t5. Controversy and Christiana -- $$t6. Interlude: Kidnapping, Kansas, and the Rise of Race-Based Partisanship -- $$t7. Revival of the Fugitive Slave Issue, 1858-61 -- $$t8. Contrabands, "White Victories," and the Ultimate Slave Hunt -- $$t9. After the Shooting -- $$tConclusion -- $$tAppendixes -- $$tNotes -- $$tArchives Consulted -- $$tIndex -- $$tThe North's Civil War 001477685 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001477685 520__ $$aIn On the Edge of Freedom, David G. Smith breaks new ground by illuminating the unique development of antislavery sentiment in south central Pennsylvania-a border region of a border state with a complicatedhistory of slavery, antislavery activism, and unequal freedom. During the antebellum decades every single fugitive slave escaping by land east of the Appalachian Mountains had to pass through the region, where they faced both significant opportunities and substantial risks. While the hundreds of fugitives travelingthrough south central Pennsylvania (defined as Adams, Franklin, and Cumberland counties) during this period were aided by an effective Underground Railroad, they also faced slave catchers and informers. "Underground" work such as helping fugitive slaves appealed to border antislavery activists who shied away from agitating for immediate abolition in a region with social, economic, and kinship ties to the South.And, as early antislavery protests met fierce resistance, area activists adopted a less confrontational approach, employing the more traditional political tools of the petition and legal action.Smith traces the victories of antislavery activists in south central Pennsylvania, including the achievement of a strong personal liberty law and the aggressive prosecution of kidnappers who seized innocent African Americans as fugitives. He also documents how their success provoked Southern retaliation and the passage of a strengthened Fugitive Slave Law in 1850. The Civil War then intensified the debate over fugitive slaves, as hundreds of escaping slaves, called "contrabands," sought safety in the area, and scores were recaptured by the Confederate army during the Gettysburg campaign.On the Edge of Freedom explores in captivating detail the fugitive slave issue through fifty years of sectional conflict, war, and reconstruction in south central Pennsylvania and provocatively questions what was gained by the activists' pragmatic approach of emphasizing fugitive slaves over immediate abolition and full equality. Smith argues that after the war, social and demographic changes in southern Pennsylvania worked against African Americans' achieving equal opportunity, and although local literature portrayed this area as a vanguard of the Underground Railroad, African Americans still lived "on the edge of freedom." By the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan was rallying near the Gettysburg battlefield, and south central Pennsylvania became, in some ways, as segregated as the Jim Crow South. The fugitive slave issue, by reinforcing images of dependency, may have actually worked against the achievement of lasting social change. 001477685 538__ $$aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. 001477685 546__ $$aIn English. 001477685 5880_ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 03. 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