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02660aam a2200457Ii 4500 001 045CFDA8ECCF11E5A64DF5B3DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160318010059 008 150528t20162016paua b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1594162387 020 $a 9781594162381 035 $a (OCoLC)910334682 040 $a YDXCP $b eng $e rda $c YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d KFW $d CLE $d JAI $d CLE $d NYP $d UAB $d OCLCF $d FM0 $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 4 $a E451 $b .K56 2016 082 04 $a 326.8/0973 $2 23 100 1 $a King, William S., $e author. 245 00 $a Till the dark angel comes : $b abolitionism and the road to the second American Revolution / $c William S. King. 264 1 $a Yardley, Pennsylvania : $b Westholme Publishing, $c [2016] 300 $a 328 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-314) and index. 505 0 $a The mystic spell of Africa -- The North Star -- For the sake of the Union -- At the point of no return -- A line of living fire -- The panic of 1857 -- American mysteries -- By the midnight sky and the silent stars -- Into the untried future. 520 $a King provides a critical introduction to the lead-up to the Civil War. Seamlessly he weaves multiple and seemingly disparate threads, including early nineteenth-century Revivalism, the emergence of the Republic of Texas, the fugitive slave laws--and even an explosion aboard the U.S.S. Princeton in 1844--to explain how the opposition to slavery in America changed from producing speeches and pamphlets to embracing the reality that slavery could be eradicated only through arms. 600 10 $a Brown, John, $d 1800-1859. 600 17 $a Brown, John, $d 1800-1859. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00034505 611 27 $a American Civil War (1861-1865) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01351658 650 0 $a Abolitionists $z United States $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a African American abolitionists. 650 0 $a Fugitive slaves $x Legal status, laws, etc. $z United States. 650 0 $a Underground Railroad. 651 0 $a United States $x History $y Civil War, 1861-1865. 650 7 $a Abolitionists. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00794478 650 7 $a African American abolitionists. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00798994 650 7 $a Fugitive slaves $x Legal status, laws, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00935943 650 7 $a Underground Railroad. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01160987 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a 1800 - 1899 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191213011546.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=045CFDA8ECCF11E5A64DF5B3DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search