In the shadow of freedom[electronic ...
Finkelman, Paul, (1949-)

 

  • In the shadow of freedom[electronic resource] :the politics of slavery in the national capital /
  • 紀錄類型: 書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
    杜威分類號: 305.8009753
    書名/作者: In the shadow of freedom : the politics of slavery in the national capital // edited by Paul Finkelman and Donald R. Kennon.
    其他作者: Kennon, Donald R.,
    出版者: Athens : : Published for the United States Capitol Historical Societyby Ohio University Press,, c2010.
    面頁冊數: 1 online resource (viii, 248 p.) : : ill.
    附註: Papers from the U.S. Capitol Historical Society meeting held in 2006.
    標題: Slavery - Congresses. - Law and legislation - 19th century - United States
    標題: Antislavery movements - Congresses. - History - 19th century - Washington (D.C.)
    標題: Slavery - Congresses. - Political aspects - 19th century - Washington (D.C.)
    標題: Slavery - Congresses. - History - 19th century - Washington (D.C.)
    標題: Washington (D.C.) - Chronology. - History - Civil War, 1861-1865
    ISBN: 9780821443491 (electronic bk.)
    ISBN: 9780821419342 (hbk.)
    書目註: Includes bibliographical references and index.
    內容註: 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 BethCorrigan -- 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.
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