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Author:

Harrold, Stanley.

Title:

Border war : fighting over slavery before the Civil War / Stanley Harrold.

Publisher:

University of North Carolina Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xvi, 292 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Slavery--United States--History--19th century.
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century.
Fugitive slaves--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States.
Slavery--United States--Legal status of slaves in free states.
Slavery--Law and legislation--United States.
Border States (U.S. Civil War)
United States.--Fugitive slave law (1850)
United States--Causes.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Causes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction : perception of war -- Early clashes -- Fear and reaction in the border South -- Southern aggression in the lower North -- Interstate diplomacy -- Fighting against slavery in the lower North -- The struggle for the border South -- Fighting over the fugitive slave law -- Pressure on the border South increases -- From border war to Civil War.

Series:

Civil War America

ISBN:

0807834319 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780807834312 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)607975620

LCCN:

2010018133

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)