MARC Record from Library of Congress

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050 00 $aE445.D6$bI6 2010
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245 00 $aIn the shadow of freedom :$bthe politics of slavery in the national capital /$cedited by Paul Finkelman and Donald R. Kennon.
260 $aAthens :$bPublished for the United States Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press,$cc2010.
300 $aviii, 248 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
490 0 $aPerspectives on the history of Congress, 1801-1877
500 $aPapers from the U.S. Capitol Historical Society meeting held in 2006.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aSlavery 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.
650 0 $aSlavery$zWashington (D.C.)$xHistory$y19th century$vCongresses.
650 0 $aSlavery$xPolitical aspects$zWashington (D.C.)$xHistory$y19th century$vCongresses.
650 0 $aAntislavery movements$zWashington (D.C.)$xHistory$y19th century$vCongresses.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bCongress$xHistory$y19th century$vCongresses.
650 0 $aSlavery$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century$vCongresses.
651 0 $aWashington (D.C.)$xRace relations$xHistory$y19th century$vCongresses.
651 0 $aWashington (D.C.)$xPolitics and government$yTo 1878$vCongresses.
700 1 $aFinkelman, Paul,$d1949-
700 1 $aKennon, Donald R.,$d1948-
710 2 $aUnited States Capitol Historical Society.