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The war before the war, fugitive slaves and the struggle for America's soul from the Revolution to the Civil War, Andrew Delbanco

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The war before the war, fugitive slaves and the struggle for America's soul from the Revolution to the Civil War, Andrew Delbanco

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-441) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The war before the war

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1088635597

Responsibility statement

Andrew Delbanco

Sub title

fugitive slaves and the struggle for America's soul from the Revolution to the Civil War

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

Table Of Contents

The long fuse : The problem ; Slavery and the Founders ; A compromised Constitution ; The first test ; Caught ; War of words ; Into the courts -- 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."

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Fugitive slaves and the struggle for America's soul from the Revolution to the Civil War

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