LEADER 04099nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910790401103321 005 20230322234915.0 010 $a0-8214-4399-2 035 $a(CKB)2670000000187193 035 $a(EBL)1743698 035 $a(OCoLC)809317796 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000606274 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11406084 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000606274 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10582026 035 $a(PQKB)10466578 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse15912 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1743698 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10539262 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1743698 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000187193 100 $a20110912d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aCongress and the crisis of the 1850s$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Paul Finkelman and Donald R. Kennon 210 $aAthens $cPublished for the United States Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (241 p.) 225 1 $aPerspectives on the history of Congress, 1801-1877 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8214-1977-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction : a disastrous decade / Paul Finkelman -- Politics, patronage, and public policy : the Compromise of 1850 / Michael F. Holt -- The appeasement of 1850 / Paul Finkleman -- Beyond the balance rule : Congress, statehood, and slavery, 1850-1859 / Matthew Glassman -- Manifest destiny's hangover : Congress confronts territorial expansion and martial masculinity in the 1850's / Amy S. Greenberg -- "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 -- "Agitation is as necessary as tranquility is dangerous" : Kinsley S. Bingham becomes a Republican / Martin J. Hershock -- Dred, panic, war : how a slave case triggered financial crisis and civil disunion / Jenny Wahl -- "Hit him again" : the caning of Charles Sumner / Brooks D. Simpson. 330 $aDuring the long decade from 1848 to 1861 America was like a train speeding down the track, without an engineer or brakes. The new territories acquired from Mexico had vastly increased the size of the nation, but debate over their status-and more importantly the status of slavery within them-paralyzed the nation. Southerners gained access to the territories and a draconian fugitive slave law in the Compromise of 1850, but this only exacerbated sectional tensions. Virtually all northerners, even those who supported the law because they believed that it would preserve the union, despised being 410 0$aPerspectives on the history of Congress, 1801-1877. 606 $aSlavery$zUnited States$xExtension to the territories 606 $aSlavery$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aSlavery$zUnited States$xLegal status of enslaved persons in free states 606 $aFugitive slaves$xLegal status, laws, etc$zUnited States 606 $aSlavery$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aSectionalism (United States)$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1815-1861 615 0$aSlavery$xExtension to the territories. 615 0$aSlavery$xPolitical aspects$xHistory 615 0$aSlavery$xLegal status of enslaved persons in free states. 615 0$aFugitive slaves$xLegal status, laws, etc. 615 0$aSlavery$xLaw and legislation$xHistory 615 0$aSectionalism (United States)$xHistory 676 $a973.5 701 $aFinkelman$b Paul$f1949-$0626812 701 $aKennon$b Donald R.$f1948-$0246461 712 02$aUnited States Capitol Historical Society. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790401103321 996 $aCongress and the crisis of the 1850s$93689457 997 $aUNINA