LEADER 04616nam 2200829Ia 450 001 9910817197403321 005 20220304212625.0 010 $a0-8122-2408-6 010 $a0-8122-0866-8 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812208665 035 $a(CKB)2670000000418283 035 $a(OCoLC)859161020 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10748584 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001035920 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11992631 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001035920 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11033215 035 $a(PQKB)11231696 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse29104 035 $a(DE-B1597)449676 035 $a(OCoLC)1024027315 035 $a(OCoLC)1037978606 035 $a(OCoLC)1041908559 035 $a(OCoLC)1046607968 035 $a(OCoLC)1047019883 035 $a(OCoLC)1049620048 035 $a(OCoLC)1054879840 035 $a(OCoLC)979910516 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812208665 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3442158 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10748584 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL682487 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3442158 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000418283 100 $a20140710d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSlavery's borderland $efreedom and bondage along the Ohio River /$fMatthew Salafia 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$dc2013 215 $a1 online resource (329 p.) 225 0 $aEarly American studies 300 $aBased on the author's thesis from the Univ. of Notre Dame, 2009. 311 0 $a1-322-51205-1 311 0 $a0-8122-4521-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIntroduction. Listening to the River --$tChapter one. Origins of the Border between Slavery and Freedom --$tChapter two. Crossing the Line --$tChapter three. Slaveholding Liberators --$tChapter four. Steamboats and the Transformation of the Borderland --$tChapter five. Politics of Unity and Difference --$tChapter six. Fugitive Slaves and the Borderland --$tChapter seven. The Nature of Antislavery in the Borderland --$tChapter eight. The Borderland and the Civil War --$tNotes --$tIndex --$tAcknowledgments 330 $aIn 1787, the Northwest Ordinance made the Ohio River the dividing line between slavery and freedom in the West, yet in 1861, when the Civil War tore the nation apart, the region failed to split at this seam. In Slavery's Borderland, historian Matthew Salafia shows how the river was both a physical boundary and a unifying economic and cultural force that muddied the distinction between southern and northern forms of labor and politics. Countering the tendency to emphasize differences between slave and free states, Salafia argues that these systems of labor were not so much separated by a river as much as they evolved along a continuum shaped by life along a river. In this borderland region, where both free and enslaved residents regularly crossed the physical divide between Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky, slavery and free labor shared as many similarities as differences. As the conflict between North and South intensified, regional commonality transcended political differences. Enslaved and free African Americans came to reject the legitimacy of the river border even as they were unable to escape its influence. In contrast, the majority of white residents on both sides remained firmly committed to maintaining the river border because they believed it best protected their freedom. Thus, when war broke out, Kentucky did not secede with the Confederacy; rather, the river became the seam that held the region together. By focusing on the Ohio River as an artery of commerce and movement, Salafia draws the northern and southern banks of the river into the same narrative and sheds light on constructions of labor, economy, and race on the eve of the Civil War. 410 0$aEarly American studies. 606 $aSlavery$zKentucky 606 $aSlavery$zIndiana 606 $aSlavery$zOhio 607 $aOhio River Valley$xHistory$y18th century 607 $aOhio River Valley$xHistory$y19th century 610 $aAmerican History. 610 $aAmerican Studies. 610 $aHistory. 615 0$aSlavery 615 0$aSlavery 615 0$aSlavery 676 $a306.3/620977 700 $aSalafia$b Matthew$01631357 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817197403321 996 $aSlavery's borderland$93970100 997 $aUNINA