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The war before the war : fugitive slaves and the struggle for America's soul from the Revolution to the Civil War / Andrew Delbanco.
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- ISBN: 1594204055
- ISBN: 9781594204050
- Physical Description: 453 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, [2018]
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [397]-441) and index. |
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| Genre: | History. |
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The War Before the War : Fugitive Slaves and the Struggle for America's Soul from the Revolution to the Civil War
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The War Before the War : Fugitive Slaves and the Struggle for America's Soul from the Revolution to the Civil War
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction | p. 1 | |
| Part 1 | The Long Fuse | |
| 1 | The Problem | p. 17 |
| 2 | Slavery and the Founders | p. 43 |
| 3 | A Compromised Constitution | p. 65 |
| 4 | The First Test | p. 85 |
| 5 | Caught | p. 107 |
| 6 | War of Words | p. 134 |
| 7 | Into the Courts | p. 164 |
| Part 2 | The Fuse Is Lit | |
| 8 | To the Brink | p. 189 |
| 9 | State of the Union | p. 220 |
| 10 | The Last Truce | p. 237 |
| 11 | Explosion | p. 262 |
| 12 | Trials of Conscience | p. 286 |
| 13 | The End of Compromise | p. 317 |
| 14 | "And the War Came" | p. 350 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 389 | |
| Illustrations | p. 393 | |
| Notes | p. 397 | |
| Index | p. 443 |
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