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The war before the war : fugitive slaves and the struggle for America's soul from the Revolution to the Civil War Cover Image Book

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

Delbanco, Andrew, 1952- (author.).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1594204055
  • ISBN: 9781594204050
  • ISBN: 9780735224131
  • Physical Description: 453 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2018.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-441) and index.

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Statesville Main Library 973.7115 DEL (Text) 33114018045419 Adult Nonfiction Reshelving -