000855681 000__ 02243cam\a2200421\i\4500 000855681 001__ 855681 000855681 005__ 20210515155848.0 000855681 008__ 181130s2018\\\\nyua\\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000855681 010__ $$a 2018419007 000855681 020__ $$a9781594204050$$q(hardcover) 000855681 020__ $$a1594204055$$q(hardcover) 000855681 020__ $$z9780525560302$$q(electronic book) 000855681 035__ $$a(OCoLC)on1024137219 000855681 035__ $$a855681 000855681 040__ $$aDLC$$beng$$erda$$cDLC$$dTOH$$dPAP$$dHQD$$dIK2$$dQQ3$$dOCLCF$$dMEU$$dIGA$$dUAP$$dTXKYL$$dPQA$$dSAP$$dILC$$dCGL$$dUAB$$dMWD$$dAOW$$dVP@$$dYDX$$dZVR$$dOBE 000855681 042__ $$apcc 000855681 043__ $$an-us--- 000855681 049__ $$aISEA 000855681 05000 $$aE450$$b.D45 2018 000855681 08204 $$a973.7/115$$223 000855681 1001_ $$aDelbanco, Andrew,$$d1952-$$eauthor. 000855681 24514 $$aThe war before the war :$$bfugitive slaves and the struggle for America's soul from the Revolution to the Civil War /$$cAndrew Delbanco. 000855681 264_1 $$aNew York :$$bPenguin Press,$$c2018. 000855681 300__ $$a453 pages :$$billustrations ;$$c25 cm 000855681 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 000855681 337__ $$aunmediated$$bn$$2rdamedia 000855681 338__ $$avolume$$bnc$$2rdacarrier 000855681 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 397-441) and index. 000855681 5050_ $$aIntroduction -- 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". 000855681 520__ $$aExplains how fugitive slaves escaping from the South to the northern states awakened northerners to the true nature of slavery and how the Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Act divided the nation and set it on the path to civil war. 000855681 546__ $$aText in English. 000855681 650_0 $$aFugitive slaves$$zUnited States$$xHistory$$y18th century. 000855681 650_0 $$aFugitive slaves$$zUnited States$$xHistory$$y19th century. 000855681 650_0 $$aSlavery$$zUnited States$$xHistory$$y18th century. 000855681 650_0 $$aSlavery$$zUnited States$$xHistory$$y19th century. 000855681 650_0 $$aFugitive slaves$$xLegal status, laws, etc.$$zUnited States$$xHistory$$y19th century. 000855681 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xHistory$$yCivil War, 1861-1865$$xCauses. 000855681 85200 $$bgen$$hE450$$i.D45$$i2018 000855681 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:855681$$pGLOBAL_SET 000855681 980__ $$aBIB 000855681 980__ $$aBOOK