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- Description
- 1 online resource (viii, 248 p.) : ill.
- Series Statement
- Perspectives on the history of Congress, 1801-1877
- Uniform Title
- In the shadow of freedom (Online)
- Subject
- Note
- Papers from the U.S. Capitol Historical Society meeting held in 2006.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- 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 Beth Corrigan -- 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.
- LCCN
- 2010052956
- OCLC
- ssj0000470261
- Title
In the shadow of freedom [electronic resource] : the politics of slavery in the national capital / edited by Paul Finkelman and Donald R. Kennon.
- Imprint
Athens : Published for the United States Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press, c2010.
- Series
Perspectives on the history of Congress, 1801-1877
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Finkelman, Paul, 1949-
Kennon, Donald R., 1948-
United States Capitol Historical Society.