Congress and the crisis of the 1850s
By: edited by Paul Finkelman and Donald R. Kennon
Contributors: United States Capitol Historical Society
Series: Perspectives on the history of congress, 1801-1877
Publisher: Published for the United States Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Athens
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9780821419779; 9780821443996
Subjects: Politics and government; Legal status of slaves in free states; Law and legislation; Slavery; United States; Extension to the territories; United States. Congress; Fugitive slaves; Sectionalism (United States); Legal status, laws; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : a disastrous decade / Paul Finkelman; title: Politics, patronage, and public policy : the Compromise of 1850 / Michael F. Holt; title: The appeasement of 1850 / Paul Finkleman; title: Beyond the balance rule : Congress, statehood, and slavery, 1850-1859 / Matthew Glassman; title: Manifest destiny's hangover : Congress confronts territorial expansion and martial masculinity in the 1850s / Amy S. Greenberg; title: "When the victims of oppression stand up manfully for themselves" : the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 and the role of African Americans in obstructing its enforcement / Spencer R. Crew; title: "Agitation is as necessary as tranquility is dangerous" : Kinsley S. Bingham becomes a Republican / Martin J. Hershock; title: Dred, panic, war : how a slave case triggered financial crisis and civil disunion / Jenny Wahl; title: "Hit him again" : the caning of Charles Sumner / Brooks D. Simpson.