Congress and the Crisis of the 1850s

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Congress and the Crisis of the s Perspectives on the History of Congress, – Donald R. Kennon, Series Editor Congress and the Emergence of Sectionalism: From the Missouri Compromise to the Age of Jackson, edited by Paul Finkelman and Donald R. Kennon In the Shadow of Freedom: The Politics of Slavery in the National Capital, edited by Paul Finkelman and Donald R. Kennon Congress and the Crisis of the s, edited by Paul Finkelman and Donald R. Kennon Congress and the Crisis of the s Edited by Paul Finkelman and Donald R. Kennon Published for the United States Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press฀฀•฀฀Athens Ohio฀University฀Press,฀Athens,฀Ohio฀45701 www.ohioswallow.com© 2012 by Ohio University Press Printed฀in฀the฀United฀States฀of฀America All฀rights฀reserved To obtain permission to quote, reprint, or otherwise reproduce or distribute material from Ohio฀University฀Press/Swallow฀Press฀publications,฀please฀contact฀our฀rights฀and฀permissions฀ department at (740) 593–1154 or (740) 593–4536 (fax). Ohio University Press books are printed on acid-free paper ™ 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 5 4 3 2 1 Library฀of฀Congress฀Cataloging-in-Publication฀Data Congress฀and฀the฀crisis฀of฀the฀1850s / edited by Paul Finkelman and Donald R. Kennon. ฀฀฀฀฀p.฀cm.฀—฀฀(Perspectives฀on฀the฀history฀of฀congress,฀1801–1877) Includes฀bibliographical฀references฀and฀index. ISBN 978-0-8214-1977-9 (hc : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-8214-4399-6 (electronic) 1.฀฀United฀States—Politics฀and฀government—1815–1861. 2.฀฀United฀States.฀Congress— History—19th century. 3. Slavery—United States—Extension to the territories. 4. Slavery— Political aspects—United States—History—19th century. 5.฀฀Slavery—United฀States—Legal฀ status of slaves in free states. 6.฀฀Fugitive฀slaves—Legal฀status,฀laws,฀etc.—United฀States.฀ 7.฀฀Slavery—Law฀and฀legislation—United฀States—History—19th century. 8. Sectionalism (United States)—History—19th century. I. Finkelman, Paul, 1949– II. Kennon, Donald R., 1948– III. United States Capitol Historical Society. E415.7.C76 2011 973.5—dc23 2011036823 ...