The war before the war : fugitive slaves and the struggle for America's soul from the Revolution to the Civil War / Andrew Delbanco.
2018
E450 .D45 2018 (Mapit)
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Title
The war before the war : fugitive slaves and the struggle for America's soul from the Revolution to the Civil War / Andrew Delbanco.
ISBN
9781594204050 (hardcover)
1594204055 (hardcover)
9780525560302 (electronic book)
1594204055 (hardcover)
9780525560302 (electronic book)
Published
New York : Penguin Press, 2018.
Language
English
Language Note
Text in English.
Description
453 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Call Number
E450 .D45 2018
Dewey Decimal Classification
973.7/115
Summary
Explains how fugitive slaves escaping from the South to the northern states awakened northerners to the true nature of slavery and how the Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Act divided the nation and set it on the path to civil war.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-441) and index.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Part one. The long fuse. The problem ; Slavery and the Founders ; A compromised Constitution ; The first text ; Caught ; War of words ; Into the courts
Part two. The fuse is lit. To the brink ; State of the Union ; The last truce ; Explosion ; Trials of conscience ; The end of compromise ; "And the war came".
Part one. The long fuse. The problem ; Slavery and the Founders ; A compromised Constitution ; The first text ; Caught ; War of words ; Into the courts
Part two. The fuse is lit. To the brink ; State of the Union ; The last truce ; Explosion ; Trials of conscience ; The end of compromise ; "And the war came".