In this Book
- Border War: Fighting over Slavery before the Civil War
- Book
- 2013
- Published by: The University of North Carolina Press
- Series: Civil War America
summary
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.
Table of Contents
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- ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAP
- pp. ix-x
- Introduction Perception of War
- pp. 1-16
- 1 Early Clashes
- pp. 17-34
- 4 Interstate Diplomacy
- pp. 72-93
- 6 The Struggle for the Border South
- pp. 116-137
- 8 Pressure on the Border South Increases
- pp. 159-182
- 9 From Border War to Civil War
- pp. 183-208
- Conclusion
- pp. 209-214
- Bibliography
- pp. 263-284
Additional Information
ISBN
9781469603889
Related ISBN(s)
9780807834312, 9780807899557, 9780807899694, 9781469606859
MARC Record
OCLC
966926200
Pages
312
Launched on MUSE
2017-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No