Congress and the crisis of the 1850s [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Paul Finkelman and Donald R. Kennon |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, : Published for the United States Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
Disciplina | 973.5 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
FinkelmanPaul <1949->
KennonDonald R. <1948-> |
Collana | Perspectives on the history of Congress, 1801-1877 |
Soggetto topico |
Slavery - United States - Extension to the territories
Slavery - Political aspects - United States - History - 19th century Slavery - United States - Legal status of slaves in free states Fugitive slaves - Legal status, laws, etc - United States Slavery - Law and legislation - United States - History - 19th century Sectionalism (United States) - History - 19th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8214-4399-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction : 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461822403321 |
Athens, : Published for the United States Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press, c2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
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Congress and the crisis of the 1850s [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Paul Finkelman and Donald R. Kennon |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, : Published for the United States Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
Disciplina | 973.5 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
FinkelmanPaul <1949->
KennonDonald R. <1948-> |
Collana | Perspectives on the history of Congress, 1801-1877 |
Soggetto topico |
Slavery - United States - Extension to the territories
Slavery - Political aspects - United States - History - 19th century Slavery - United States - Legal status of enslaved persons in free states Fugitive slaves - Legal status, laws, etc - United States Slavery - Law and legislation - United States - History - 19th century Sectionalism (United States) - History - 19th century |
ISBN | 0-8214-4399-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction : 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790401103321 |
Athens, : Published for the United States Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press, c2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Congress and the crisis of the 1850s / / edited by Paul Finkelman and Donald R. Kennon |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, : Published for the United States Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
Disciplina | 973.5 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
FinkelmanPaul <1949->
KennonDonald R. <1948-> |
Collana | Perspectives on the history of Congress, 1801-1877 |
Soggetto topico |
Slavery - United States - Extension to the territories
Slavery - Political aspects - United States - History - 19th century Slavery - United States - Legal status of slaves in free states Fugitive slaves - Legal status, laws, etc - United States Slavery - Law and legislation - United States - History - 19th century Sectionalism (United States) - History - 19th century |
ISBN | 0-8214-4399-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction : 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824818403321 |
Athens, : Published for the United States Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press, c2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Freebooters and smugglers [[electronic resource] ] : the foreign slave trade in the United States after 1808 / / by Ernest Obadele-Starks |
Autore | Obadele-Starks Ernest <1959-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Fayetteville, : University of Arkansas Press, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (282 p.) |
Disciplina | 973.7/1 |
Soggetto topico |
Pirates - United States - History - 19th century
Slave trade - Africa - History - 19th century Slave trade - United States - History - 19th century Slave traders - United States - History - 19th century Slavery - Law and legislation - United States - History - 19th century Slavery - Southern States - History - 19th century Smugglers - United States - History - 19th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-61075-164-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Photographs and Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. "A View of Opening a Trade"; 2. "A Particular Kind of Force"; 3. "Turbulent and Bad Men"; 4. "Difficult to Repress"; 5. "A Great Frontier Movement"; 6. "No Argument Could Be Made"; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461805503321 |
Obadele-Starks Ernest <1959-> | ||
Fayetteville, : University of Arkansas Press, 2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Freebooters and smugglers [[electronic resource] ] : the foreign slave trade in the United States after 1808 / / by Ernest Obadele-Starks |
Autore | Obadele-Starks Ernest <1959-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Fayetteville, : University of Arkansas Press, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (282 p.) |
Disciplina | 973.7/1 |
Soggetto topico |
Pirates - United States - History - 19th century
Slave trade - Africa - History - 19th century Slave trade - United States - History - 19th century Slave traders - United States - History - 19th century Slavery - Law and legislation - United States - History - 19th century Slavery - Southern States - History - 19th century Smugglers - United States - History - 19th century |
ISBN | 1-61075-164-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Photographs and Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. "A View of Opening a Trade"; 2. "A Particular Kind of Force"; 3. "Turbulent and Bad Men"; 4. "Difficult to Repress"; 5. "A Great Frontier Movement"; 6. "No Argument Could Be Made"; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790265103321 |
Obadele-Starks Ernest <1959-> | ||
Fayetteville, : University of Arkansas Press, 2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Freebooters and smugglers : the foreign slave trade in the United States after 1808 / / by Ernest Obadele-Starks |
Autore | Obadele-Starks Ernest <1959-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Fayetteville, : University of Arkansas Press, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (282 p.) |
Disciplina | 973.7/1 |
Soggetto topico |
Pirates - United States - History - 19th century
Slave trade - Africa - History - 19th century Slave trade - United States - History - 19th century Slave traders - United States - History - 19th century Slavery - Law and legislation - United States - History - 19th century Slavery - Southern States - History - 19th century Smugglers - United States - History - 19th century |
ISBN | 1-61075-164-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Photographs and Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. "A View of Opening a Trade"; 2. "A Particular Kind of Force"; 3. "Turbulent and Bad Men"; 4. "Difficult to Repress"; 5. "A Great Frontier Movement"; 6. "No Argument Could Be Made"; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815073303321 |
Obadele-Starks Ernest <1959-> | ||
Fayetteville, : University of Arkansas Press, 2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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In the shadow of freedom [[electronic resource] ] : the politics of slavery in the national capital / / edited by Paul Finkelman and Donald R. Kennon |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, : Published for the United States Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.8009753 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
FinkelmanPaul <1949->
KennonDonald R. <1948-> |
Collana | Perspectives on the history of Congress, 1801-1877 |
Soggetto topico |
Antislavery movements - Washington (D.C.) - History - 19th century
Slavery - Law and legislation - United States - History - 19th century Slavery - Political aspects - Washington (D.C.) - History - 19th century Slavery - Washington (D.C.) - History - 19th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8214-4349-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Slavery 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459833103321 |
Athens, : Published for the United States Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press, c2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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In the shadow of freedom [[electronic resource] ] : the politics of slavery in the national capital / / edited by Paul Finkelman and Donald R. Kennon |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, : Published for the United States Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.8009753 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
FinkelmanPaul <1949->
KennonDonald R. <1948-> |
Collana | Perspectives on the history of Congress, 1801-1877 |
Soggetto topico |
Antislavery movements - Washington (D.C.) - History - 19th century
Slavery - Law and legislation - United States - History - 19th century Slavery - Political aspects - Washington (D.C.) - History - 19th century Slavery - Washington (D.C.) - History - 19th century |
ISBN | 0-8214-4349-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Slavery 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789812903321 |
Athens, : Published for the United States Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press, c2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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In the shadow of freedom : the politics of slavery in the national capital / / edited by Paul Finkelman and Donald R. Kennon |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, : Published for the United States Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.8009753 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
FinkelmanPaul <1949->
KennonDonald R. <1948-> |
Collana | Perspectives on the history of Congress, 1801-1877 |
Soggetto topico |
Antislavery movements - Washington (D.C.) - History - 19th century
Slavery - Law and legislation - United States - History - 19th century Slavery - Political aspects - Washington (D.C.) - History - 19th century Slavery - Washington (D.C.) - History - 19th century |
ISBN | 0-8214-4349-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Slavery 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815124803321 |
Athens, : Published for the United States Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press, c2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Neither Fugitive nor Free : Atlantic Slavery, Freedom Suits, and the Legal Culture of Travel / / Edlie L. Wong |
Autore | Wong Edlie L. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2009] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (348 p.) |
Disciplina | 810.93552 |
Collana | America and the Long 19th Century |
Soggetto topico |
Law in literature
Slavery in literature Law and literature - United States - History - 19th century Slavery - Law and legislation - United States - History - 19th century Antislavery movements - United States - History - 19th century Slaves - Legal status, laws, etc - United States - History - 19th century American literature - African American authors - History and criticism American literature - 19th century - History and criticism Slave narratives - History and criticism Black people - Travel - History - 19th century Slaves - Travel - History - 19th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
Soggetto non controllato |
African
American Free Fugitive Neither Situated confluence criticism feminism freedom genre history legal literary new presents studies suit |
ISBN | 0-8147-9546-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Emancipation after “the Laws of Englishmen” -- 2 Choosing Kin in Antislavery Literature and Law -- 3 The Gender of Freedom before Dred Scott -- 4 The Crime of Color in the Negro Seamen Acts -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910480970503321 |
Wong Edlie L. | ||
New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2009] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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