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In the shadow of freedom the politics of slavery in the national capital
Title
In the shadow of freedom [electronic resource] : the politics of slavery in the national capital / edited by Paul Finkelman and Donald R. Kennon.
ISBN
9780821443491 (electronic)
9780821419342 (acid-free paper)
Published
Athens : Published for the United States Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press, c2010. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2012)
Physical Description
1 online resource (viii, 248 p. :) ill. ;
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Papers from the U.S. Capitol Historical Society meeting held in 2006.
Description based on print version record.
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Variant and related titles
Project MUSE - UPCC 2010 Current Complete Collection.
Project MUSE - UPCC 2010 U.S. Regional Studies Collection.
Project MUSE - UPCC 2010-2012 Current Complete Collection Bundle.
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 27, 2012
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Slavery in the shadow of liberty : the problem of slavery in Congress and the nation's capital / Paul Finkelman
pt. 1. Congress and slavery in context
The impact of British abolitionism on American sectionalism / David Brion Davis
Christian statesmanship, codes of honor, and congressional violence : the antislavery travails and triumphs of Joshua Giddings / James B. Stewart
Gamaliel Bailey, antislavery journalist and lobbyist / Stanley Harrold
Saturday nights at the Baileys' : building an antislavery movement in Congress, 1838/1854 / Jonathan Earle
"A nest of rattlesnakes let loose among them" : congressional debates over women's antislavery petitions, 1835/1845 / Susan Zaeske
Debating slavery by proxy : the Texas annexation controversy / David Zarefsky
pt. 2. The politics of slavery in the District of Columbia
The 1846 retrocession of Alexandria : protecting slavery and the slave trade in the District of Columbia / A. Glenn Crothers
"Whether they be ours or no, they may be heirs of the kingdom" : the pursuit of family ties among enslaved people in the District of Columbia / Mary Beth Corrigan
The 1848 Pearl escape from Washington, D.C. : a convergence of opportunity, motivation, and political action in the nation's capital / Mary K. Ricks
Celebrating emancipation and contesting freedom in Washington, D.C. / Mitch Kachun.
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