03456nam a2200433 a 4500 ebr10611565 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 110922s2013 nyub sb 001 0 eng d 2011037748 9780823240326 (cloth : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)823654780 n-us-pa E450 .S64 2013eb 326/.809748 23 Smith, David G. (David Grant), 1964- On the edge of freedom [electronic resource] : the fugitive slave issue in south central Pennsylvania, 1820-1870 / David G. Smith. 1st ed. New York : Fordham University Press, 2013. xiv, 324 p. : map. The North's Civil War Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction: The Fugitive Slave Issue on "the Edge of Freedom" -- South Central Pennsylvania, Fugitive Slaves, and the Underground Railroad -- Thaddeus Stevens' Dilemma, Colonizationism, and the Turbulent Years of Early Antislavery in Adams County, 1835-39 -- Antislavery Petitioning in South Central Pennsylvania -- The Fugitive Slave Issue on Trial : The 1840s in South Central Pennsylvania -- Controversy and Christiana : The Fugitive Slave Issue in South Central Pennsylvania, 1850-51 -- Interlude: Kidnapping, Kansas, and the Rise of Race-Based Partisanship : The Fugitive Slave Issue in South Central Pennsylvania, 1852-57 -- Revival of the Fugitive Slave Issue, 1858-61 -- Contrabands, "White Victories," and the Ultimate Slave Hunt : The Recasting the Fugitive Slave Issue in Civil War South Central Pennsylvania -- After the Shooting : South Central Pennsylvania after the Civil War -- Conclusion: The Postwar Ramifications of the Fugitive Slave Issue "On the Edge of Freedom" -- Appendix A: Selected Fugitive Slave Advertisements, 1818-1828 -- Appendix B: 1828 South Central Pennsylvania Petition Opposing Slavery in the District of Columbia -- Appendix C: 1847 Gettysburg African American Petition -- Appendix D: 1846 Adams County Petition -- Appendix E: 1861 Franklin County Pro-Colonization Petition -- Appendix F: 1861 Adams County Pro-Colonization Petition -- Appendix G: [Second] 1861 Adams County Pro-Colonization Petition -- Appendix H: 1861 Doylestown, Bucks County Pro-Colonization Petition -- Appendix I: 1861 Newtown, Bucks County Pro-Personal Liberty Law Petition. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Fugitive slaves Pennsylvania History 19th century. Fugitive slaves Legal status, laws, etc. Pennsylvania History 19th century. African Americans Pennsylvania History 19th century. Antislavery movements Pennsylvania History 19th century. Abolitionists Pennsylvania History 19th century. Underground Railroad Pennsylvania. Borderlands Pennsylvania History 19th century. Pennsylvania Race relations History 19th century. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. North's Civil War. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10611565 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 103812 103812