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Author Delbanco, Andrew, 1952- author.

Title The war before the war : fugitive slaves and the struggle for America's soul from the Revolution to the Civil War / Andrew Delbanco.

Publication Info. New York : Penguin Press, [2018]

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  973.7115 DELBANCO    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  973.7115 DELBANCO    On Display
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  973.7115 DEL    Storage
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  973.7115 DELBANCO    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Manross Branch - Non Fiction  973.7115 DELBANCO    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  973.7115 DELBANCO    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  973.7115 DELBANCO    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  973.7 DEL    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  973.7 DEL    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  973.7115 DELBANCO    Check Shelf

Description 453 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [397]-441) and index.
Summary Explains how fugitive slaves escaping from the South to the northern states awakened northerners to the true nature of slavery and how the Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Act divided the nation and set it on the path to civil war.
Subject Fugitive slaves -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
Fugitive slaves -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Slavery -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
Slavery -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes.
Fugitive slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
ISBN 1594204055 (hardcover)
9781594204050 (hardcover)
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