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Busy in the cause : Iowa, the free-state struggle in the west, and the prelude to the Civil War / / Lowell J. Soike



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Autore: Soike Lowell J. Visualizza persona
Titolo: Busy in the cause : Iowa, the free-state struggle in the west, and the prelude to the Civil War / / Lowell J. Soike Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Lincoln, Nebraska : , : Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, , 2014
©2014
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (501 p.)
Disciplina: 973.7/11
Soggetto topico: Antislavery movements - Iowa - History - 19th century
Abolitionists - Iowa - History - 19th century
Soggetto geografico: United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Causes
Iowa Politics and government 19th century
Classificazione: HIS036050HIS036090SOC054000
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Cover; 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
Sommario/riassunto: "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. "--
Titolo autorizzato: Busy in the cause  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8032-7385-1
0-8032-7384-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910815060803321
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