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Title The war before the war : fugitive slaves and the struggle for America's soul from the Revolution to the Civil War / Andrew Delbanco.
Author Delbanco, Andrew, 1952- author.
Publication Info. New York : Penguin Press, [2018]
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Location Call No. Status
 Hiawassee  973.711 DEL    Check Shelves
 South Trail  973.711 DEL    Check Shelves
 Winter Garden  973.711 DEL    Check Shelves
Description 453 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
text rdacontent
unmediated rdamedia
volume rdacarrier
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) : $30.00