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2011
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English
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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.)Places
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Congress and the crisis of the 1850s
2011, Published for the United States Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press
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0821419773 9780821419779
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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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