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Title:

In the shadow of freedom : the politics of slavery in the national capital / edited by Paul Finkelman and Donald R. Kennon.

Publisher:

Published for the United States Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

viii, 248 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Slavery--Washington (D.C.)--History--19th century--Congresses.
Slavery--History--Washington (D.C.)--History--19th century--Congresses.
Antislavery movements--Washington (D.C.)--History--19th century--Congresses.
United States.--Congress--History--19th century--Congresses.
Slavery--History--United States--History--19th century--Congresses.
Washington (D.C.)--History--History--19th century--Congresses.
Washington (D.C.)--Politics and government--To 1878--Congresses.

Other Authors:

Finkelman, Paul, 1949-
Kennon, Donald R., 1948-
United States Capitol Historical Society.

Notes:

Papers from the U.S. Capitol Historical Society meeting held in 2006. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Slavery in the shadow of liberty : the problem of slavery in Congress and the nation's capital / Paul Finkelman -- pt. 1. Congress and slavery in context -- The impact of British abolitionism on American sectionalism / David Brion Davis -- Christian statesmanship, codes of honor, and congressional violence : the antislavery travails and triumphs of Joshua Giddings / James B. Stewart -- Gamaliel Bailey, antislavery journalist and lobbyist / Stanley Harrold -- Saturday nights at the Baileys' : building an antislavery movement in Congress, 1838/1854 / Jonathan Earle -- "A nest of rattlesnakes let loose among them" : congressional debates over women's antislavery petitions, 1835/1845 / Susan Zaeske -- Debating slavery by proxy : the Texas annexation controversy / David Zarefsky -- pt. 2. The politics of slavery in the District of Columbia -- The 1846 retrocession of Alexandria : protecting slavery and the slave trade in the District of Columbia / A. Glenn Crothers -- "Whether they be ours or no, they may be heirs of the kingdom" : the pursuit of family ties among enslaved people in the District of Columbia / Mary Beth Corrigan -- The 1848 Pearl escape from Washington, D.C. : a convergence of opportunity, motivation, and political action in the nation's capital / Mary K. Ricks -- Celebrating emancipation and contesting freedom in Washington, D.C. / Mitch Kachun.

Series:

Perspectives on the history of Congress, 1801-1877

ISBN:

0821443496 (electronic)
9780821443491 (electronic)
082141934X (acid-free paper)
9780821419342 (acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)495778693

LCCN:

2010052956

Locations:

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

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)