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Published for the United States Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press
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Subjects
Politics and government, Legal status of slaves in free states, Law and legislation, Slavery, United States, Extension to the territories, United States. Congress, Fugitive slaves, Sectionalism (United States), Legal status, laws, History, Slavery, law and legislation, united states, Slavery, united states, history, United states, history, 19th century, United states, congress, history, Slavery, united states, Slavery, united states, legal status of slaves in free states, Fugitive slaves, united states, Sectionalism (united states), United states, politics and government, 1815-1861, Sectionalism (U.S.)
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United States
Times
1815-1861, 19th century
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Table of Contents

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 1850s / 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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Athens
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Perspectives on the history of congress, 1801-1877

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Dewey Decimal Class
973.5
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E415.7 .C76 2011, E415.7 .C76 2012, E415.7.C76 2011

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p. cm.

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OL25025936M
ISBN 13
9780821419779, 9780821443996
LCCN
2011036823
OCLC/WorldCat
724662724

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