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Congress and the crisis of the 1850s
- Title
- Congress and the crisis of the 1850s / edited by Paul Finkelman and Donald R. Kennon.
- Publication
- Athens : Published for the United States Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press, c2012.
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- vi, 231 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm.
- Series Statement
- Perspectives on the history of Congress, 1801-1877
- Uniform Title
- Perspectives on the history of Congress, 1801-1877.
- Subjects
- United States > Congress > History > 19th century
- Slavery > United States > Legal status of slaves in free states
- Slavery > Political aspects > United States > History > 19th century
- Slavery > United States > Extension to the territories
- Sectionalism (United States) > History > 19th century
- Slavery > Law and legislation > United States > History > 19th century
- Fugitive slaves > Legal status, laws, etc > United States
- United States > Politics and government > 1815-1861
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- Sc E 12-668
- ISBN
- 9780821419779 (hc : alk. paper)
- 0821419773 (hc : alk. paper)
- 9780821443996 (electronic)
- 0821443992 (electronic)
- LCCN
- 2011036823
- OCLC
- 724662724
- Title
- Congress and the crisis of the 1850s / edited by Paul Finkelman and Donald R. Kennon.
- Imprint
- Athens : Published for the United States Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press, c2012.
- Series
- Perspectives on the history of Congress, 1801-1877Perspectives on the history of Congress, 1801-1877.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Finkelman, Paul, 1949-Kennon, Donald R., 1948-United States Capitol Historical Society.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 12-668