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Author Harrold, Stanley.

Title Border war : fighting over slavery before the Civil War / Stanley Harrold.

Publication Info. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2010]
©2010

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  973.6 HARROLD    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Bishop's Corner Branch - Non Fiction  973.6 HARROLD    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  973.6 HA    Check Shelf
Description xvi, 292 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
Series Civil War America
Civil War America.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-283) and index.
Contents Introduction : perception of war -- Early clashes -- Fear and reaction in the border South -- Southern aggression in the lower North -- Interstate diplomacy -- Fighting against slavery in the lower North -- The struggle for the border South -- Fighting over the fugitive slave law of 1850 -- Pressure on the border South increases -- From border war to Civil War.
Subject Slavery -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Fugitive slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
Slavery -- United States -- Legal status of enslaved persons in free states.
Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Border States (U.S. Civil War)
United States. Fugitive slave law (1850)
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes.
ISBN 9780807834312 cloth alkaline paper
0807834319 cloth alkaline paper
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