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.