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008 110922s2013 nyua b 001 0 eng
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100 1 $aSmith, David G.$q(David Grant),$d1964-
245 10 $aOn the edge of freedom :$bthe fugitive slave issue in south central Pennsylvania, 1820-1870 /$cDavid G. Smith.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bFordham University Press,$c2013.
300 $aa xiv, 324 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
490 0 $aThe North's Civil War
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: The Fugitive Slave Issue on "the Edge of Freedom" -- South Central Pennsylvania, Fugitive Slaves, and the Underground Railroad -- Thaddeus Stevens' Dilemma, Colonizationism, and the Turbulent Years of Early Antislavery in Adams County, 1835-39 -- Antislavery Petitioning in South Central Pennsylvania -- The Fugitive Slave Issue on Trial : The 1840s in South Central Pennsylvania -- Controversy and Christiana : The Fugitive Slave Issue in South Central Pennsylvania, 1850-51 -- Interlude: Kidnapping, Kansas, and the Rise of Race-Based Partisanship : The Fugitive Slave Issue in South Central Pennsylvania, 1852-57 -- Revival of the Fugitive Slave Issue, 1858-61 -- Contrabands, "White Victories," and the Ultimate Slave Hunt : The Recasting the Fugitive Slave Issue in Civil War South Central Pennsylvania -- After the Shooting : South Central Pennsylvania after the Civil War -- Conclusion: The Postwar Ramifications of the Fugitive Slave Issue "On the Edge of Freedom" -- Appendix A: Selected Fugitive Slave Advertisements, 1818-1828 -- Appendix B: 1828 South Central Pennsylvania Petition Opposing Slavery in the District of Columbia -- Appendix C: 1847 Gettysburg African American Petition -- Appendix D: 1846 Adams County Petition -- Appendix E: 1861 Franklin County Pro-Colonization Petition -- Appendix F: 1861 Adams County Pro-Colonization Petition -- Appendix G: [Second] 1861 Adams County Pro-Colonization Petition -- Appendix H: 1861 Doylestown, Bucks County Pro-Colonization Petition -- Appendix I: 1861 Newtown, Bucks County Pro-Personal Liberty Law Petition.
650 0 $aFugitive slaves$zPennsylvania$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aFugitive slaves$xLegal status, laws, etc.$zPennsylvania$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$zPennsylvania$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aAntislavery movements$zPennsylvania$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aAbolitionists$zPennsylvania$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aUnderground Railroad$zPennsylvania.
650 0 $aBorderlands$zPennsylvania$xHistory$y19th century.
651 0 $aPennsylvania$xRace relations$xHistory$y19th century.