Smith, David G. (David Grant), 1964-
New York : Fordham University Press, 2013.
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Part of the series The North’s Civil War;North’s Civil War.
Notes:

• 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.

Subjects:

• 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.

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