LEADER 03598nam 2200637 450 001 9910790952303321 005 20230803221128.0 010 $a0-8032-7385-1 010 $a0-8032-7384-3 035 $a(CKB)2550000001262810 035 $a(EBL)1666552 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001184542 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11685065 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001184542 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11195754 035 $a(PQKB)10365422 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1666552 035 $a(OCoLC)877868613 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse32536 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1666552 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10858295 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL589169 035 $a(OCoLC)881163253 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001262810 100 $a20140426h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBusy in the cause $eIowa, the free-state struggle in the west, and the prelude to the Civil War /$fLowell J. Soike 210 1$aLincoln, Nebraska :$cBoard of Regents of the University of Nebraska,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (501 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8032-7189-1 311 $a1-306-57918-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Uncertainty Rising; 2. The Morning Star; 3. Prairie, Dust, and Wind; 4. "Do Come and Help Us. Come On through Iowa"; 5. Ho! For Kansas; 6. Scramble to Freedom; 7. Raising the Stakes; 8. Heaven Sent; 9. North and Back: Captors and Liberators; Epilogue; Appendix; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Author 330 $a"Despite the immense body of literature about the American Civil War and its causes, the nation's western involvement in the approaching conflict often gets short shrift. Slavery was the catalyst for fiery rhetoric on both sides of the Mason-Dixon line and conflicts on the western edges of the nation. Driven by questions regarding the place of slavery in westward expansion and by the increasing influence of evangelical Protestant faiths that viewed the institution as inherently sinful, political debates about slavery took on a radicalized, uncompromising fervor in states and territories west of the Mississippi River. Busy in the Cause explores the role of the Midwest in shaping national politics concerning slavery in the years leading up to the Civil War. In 1856 Iowa aided parties of abolitionists desperate to reach Kansas Territory to vote against the expansion of slavery, and evangelical Iowans assisted runaway slaves through Underground Railroad routes in Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska. Lowell J. Soike's narrative illuminates Iowa's role in the stirring western events that formed the prelude to the Civil War. "--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aAntislavery movements$zIowa$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aAbolitionists$zIowa$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xCauses 607 $aIowa$xPolitics and government$y19th century 615 0$aAntislavery movements$xHistory 615 0$aAbolitionists$xHistory 676 $a973.7/11 686 $aHIS036050$aHIS036090$aSOC054000$2bisacsh 700 $aSoike$b Lowell J.$0850323 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790952303321 996 $aBusy in the cause$93675329 997 $aUNINA