Congress and the Crisis of the 1850s

Contents

v Contents Paul Finkelman Introduction:฀A฀Disastrous฀Decade฀ 1 Michael F. Holt Politics,฀Patronage,฀and฀Public฀Policy:฀The฀Compromise฀of฀1850 18 Paul Finkelman The฀Appeasement฀of฀1850 36 Matthew Glassman Beyond฀the฀Balance฀Rule:฀Congress,฀Statehood,฀and฀Slavery,฀ 1850–1859 80 Amy S. Greenberg Manifest฀Destiny’s฀Hangover:฀Congress฀Confronts฀Territorial฀ Expansion and Martial Masculinity in the 1850s 97 Spencer R. Crew “When the Victims of Oppression Stand Up Manfully for Themselves”:฀The฀Fugitive฀Slave฀Law฀of฀1850 and the Role of฀African฀Americans฀in฀Obstructing฀Its฀Enforcement฀ 120 Martin J. Hershock “Agitation฀Is฀as฀Necessary฀as฀Tranquility฀Is฀Dangerous”:฀ Kinsley฀S.฀Bingham Becomes a Republican 143 Jenny Wahl Dred,฀Panic,฀War:฀How฀a฀Slave฀Case฀Triggered฀Financial฀Crisis฀ and Civil Disunion 159 vi Contents Brooks D. Simpson “Hit฀Him฀Again”:฀The฀Caning฀of฀Charles฀Sumner฀ 202 Contributors 221 Index 223 Congress and the Crisis of the s ...