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Border War - Fighting Over Slavery Before the Civil War

By: University of North Carolina Press, The

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: Historical Books (The University of North Carolina Press)

Last Stocked on 3/28/2024

Product Info

Title
Border War - Fighting Over Slavery Before the Civil War
Category
Author
Stanley Harrold
Publish Year
2013
Pages
310
Dimensions
6.5x9.5x1"
NKG Part #
2148106524
Type
Hardcover

Description

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.