On the edge of freedom
Subtitle: the fugitive slave issue in south central Pennsylvania, 1820-1870
By: David G. Smith
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: The North's Civil War
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780823240326
Subjects: Race relations; Underground Railroad; Borderlands; Fugitive slaves; Abolitionists; African Americans; Antislavery movements; Legal status, laws; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The Fugitive Slave Issue on "the Edge of Freedom"; title: South Central Pennsylvania, Fugitive Slaves, and the Underground Railroad; title: Thaddeus Stevens' Dilemma, Colonizationism, and the Turbulent Years of Early Antislavery in Adams County, 1835-39; title: Antislavery Petitioning in South Central Pennsylvania; title: The Fugitive Slave Issue on Trial : The 1840s in South Central Pennsylvania; title: Controversy and Christiana : The Fugitive Slave Issue in South Central Pennsylvania, 1850-51; title: Interlude: Kidnapping, Kansas, and the Rise of Race-Based Partisanship : The Fugitive Slave Issue in South Central Pennsylvania, 1852-57; title: Revival of the Fugitive Slave Issue, 1858-61; title: Contrabands, "White Victories," and the Ultimate Slave Hunt : The Recasting the Fugitive Slave Issue in Civil War South Central Pennsylvania; title: After the Shooting : South Central Pennsylvania after the Civil War; title: Conclusion: The Postwar Ramifications of the Fugitive Slave Issue "On the Edge of Freedom"; title: Appendix A: Selected Fugitive Slave Advertisements, 1818-1828; title: Appendix B: 1828 South Central Pennsylvania Petition Opposing Slavery in the District of Columbia; title: Appendix C: 1847 Gettysburg African American Petition; title: Appendix D: 1846 Adams County Petition; title: Appendix E: 1861 Franklin County Pro-Colonization Petition; title: Appendix F: 1861 Adams County Pro-Colonization Petition; title: Appendix G: [Second] 1861 Adams County Pro-Colonization Petition; title: Appendix H: 1861 Doylestown, Bucks County Pro-Colonization Petition; title: Appendix I: 1861 Newtown, Bucks County Pro-Personal Liberty Law Petition.