On the Edge of Freedom : the Fugitive Slave Issue in South Central Pennsylvania, 1820-1870.

An engagingly written, meticulously documented study of antislavery ferment just north of the Mason-Dixon line in a region of geographical, economic, cultural, and historical ""edges"". In On the Edge of Freedom, David G. Smith breaks new ground by illuminating the unique develop...

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Main Author: G.Smith, David
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Language:English
Published: Bronx : Fordham University Press, 2012.
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505 0 |a Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 South Central Pennsylvania, Fugitive Slaves, and the Underground Railroad -- 2 Thaddeus Stevensâ€? Dilemma, Colonization, and the Turbulent Years of Early Antislavery in Adams County, 1835â€?39 -- 3 Antislavery Petitioning in South Central Pennsylvania -- 4 The Fugitive Slave Issue on Trial -- 5 Controversy and Christiana -- 6 Interlude: Kidnapping, Kansas, and the Rise of Race-Based Partisanship -- 7 Revival of the Fugitive Slave Issue, 1858â€?61 
505 8 |a 8 Contrabands, “White Victories, â€? and the Ultimate Slave Hunt9 After the Shooting -- Conclusion -- Appendixes -- Notes -- Archives Consulted -- Index 
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