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Border War: Fighting Over Slavery Before the Civil War
Contributor(s): Harrold, Stanley (Author)

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 ISBN: 0807899690     ISBN-13: 9780807899694
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
OUR PRICE: $45.13  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: January 2011
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States - 19th Century
- Social Science | Slavery
- History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Dewey: 973.6
LCCN: 2010018133
Series: Civil War America
Physical Information: 1.32" H x 7" W x 10" L (2.48 lbs) 312 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 19th Century
- Chronological Period - 1851-1899
- Topical - Civil War
- Chronological Period - 1800-1850
Features: Bibliography, Large Print
 
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Publisher Description:
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.


Contributor Bio(s): Harrold, Stanley: - Stanley Harrold is professor of history at South Carolina State University.
 
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