Border war : fighting over slavery before the Civil War

Border war : fighting over slavery before the Civil War / Stanley Harrold.

This manuscript examines violence in the border region stretching from New Jersey and Maryland in the East to Missouri and Kansas in the West in the antebellum period, from confrontations over kidnappings by slave catchers of fugitive slaves in the antislavery states to armed abolitionist activities...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harrold, Stanley (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2010]
Series:Civil War America (Series)
Subjects:
United States. > Fugitive slave law (1850)
Fugitive slave law (United States : 1850)
1800-1899
Slavery > United States > History > 19th century.
Antislavery movements > United States > History > 19th century.
Fugitive slaves > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Slavery > United States > Legal status of enslaved persons in free states.
Slavery > Law and legislation > United States.
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Antislavery movements
Fugitive slaves > Legal status, laws, etc.
Slavery
Slavery > Law and legislation
Slavery > Legal status of enslaved persons in free states
War > Causes
Regions & Countries - Americas.
United States - General.
History & Archaeology.
Border States (U.S. Civil War)
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Causes.
United States
United States > Border States (U.S. Civil War)
History
Online Access:Click for online access
Description
Summary:This manuscript examines violence in the border region stretching from New Jersey and Maryland in the East to Missouri and Kansas in the West in the antebellum period, from confrontations over kidnappings by slave catchers of fugitive slaves in the antislavery states to armed abolitionist activities in slave states.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 292 pages) : illustrations, map
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780807899557
0807899550
9781469603889
1469603888
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Online resource (HeinOnline, viewed September 12, 2016).

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