LEADER 04481nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910815124803321 005 20240405000551.0 010 $a0-8214-4349-6 035 $a(CKB)2670000000079669 035 $a(EBL)1743711 035 $a(OCoLC)715301069 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000470261 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11335278 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000470261 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10429467 035 $a(PQKB)11569317 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1743711 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse2868 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1743711 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10451132 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000079669 100 $a20101230d2010 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aIn the shadow of freedom $ethe politics of slavery in the national capital /$fedited by Paul Finkelman and Donald R. Kennon 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAthens $cPublished for the United States Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (257 p.) 225 1 $aPerspectives on the history of Congress, 1801-1877 300 $aPapers from the U.S. Capitol Historical Society meeting held in 2006. 311 $a0-8214-1934-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aSlavery 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. 330 $aFew images of early America were more striking, and jarring, than that of slaves in the capital city of the world's most important free republic. Black slaves served and sustained the legislators, bureaucrats, jurists, cabinet officials, military leaders, and even the presidents who lived and worked there. While slaves quietly kept the nation's capital running smoothly, lawmakers debated the place of slavery in the nation, the status of slavery in the territories newly acquired from Mexico, and even the legality of the slave trade in itself. This volume, with essays by some of the 410 0$aPerspectives on the history of Congress, 1801-1877. 606 $aAntislavery movements$zWashington (D.C.)$xHistory$y19th century$vCongresses 606 $aSlavery$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century$vCongresses 606 $aSlavery$xPolitical aspects$zWashington (D.C.)$xHistory$y19th century$vCongresses 606 $aSlavery$zWashington (D.C.)$xHistory$y19th century$vCongresses 607 $aWashington (D.C.)$xPolitics and government$yTo 1878$vCongresses 607 $aWashington (D.C.)$xRace relations$xHistory$y19th century$vCongresses 615 0$aAntislavery movements$xHistory 615 0$aSlavery$xLaw and legislation$xHistory 615 0$aSlavery$xPolitical aspects$xHistory 615 0$aSlavery$xHistory 676 $a305.8009753 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 $a9910815124803321 996 $aIn the shadow of freedom$94064214 997 $aUNINA