Border War

Fighting over Slavery before the Civil War
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4696-0685-9
Verlag: The University of North Carolina Press

Buch, Englisch, 312 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 534 g

Reihe: Civil War America

During the 1840s and 1850s, a dangerous ferment afflicted the North-South border region, pitting the slave states of Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, and Missouri against the free states of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. Aspects of this struggle--the underground railroad, enforcement of the fugitive slave laws, mob actions, and sectional politics--are well known as parts of other stories. Here, Stanley Harrold explores the border struggle itself, the dramatic incidents that comprised it, and its role in the complex dynamics leading to the Civil War.

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<strong>Stanley Harrold</strong> is professor of history at South Carolina State University, USA.