[PDF.51og] On the Edge of Freedom: The Fugitive Slave Issue in South Central Pennsylvania, 1820-1870 (The North's Civil War)

On the Edge of Freedom: The Fugitive Slave Issue in South Central Pennsylvania, 1820-1870 (The North's Civil War)

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 | #1633071 in Books |  2014-12-15 |  2014-12-15 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  6.00 x.90 x9.00l, | File type: PDF | 344 pages

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||1 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Wide-ranging, interesting account of the struggle against slavery in a key Northern border region|By Customer|Let me just say that I am a member of the author's family...that said, I found this book to be a wide-ranging and thorough account of how a crucial border region dealt with the slavery issue before, during, and to some extent, after, the Civil War. Readers will find p| |In this well wrought and powerful narrative, Smith examines the vital borderland of south central Pennsylvania. Challenging scholars to re-think our understanding of the fugitive slave law, Smith examines that issue through white and black perspectives over ne

In On the Edge of Freedom, David G. Smith breaks new ground by illuminating the unique development of antislavery sentiment in south central Pennsylvania―a border region of a border state with a complicated
history of slavery, antislavery activism, and unequal freedom. During the antebellum decades every single fugitive slave escaping by land east of the Appalachian Mountains had to pass through the region, where they faced both significant opportunities and subs...

You easily download any file type for your device.On the Edge of Freedom: The Fugitive Slave Issue in South Central Pennsylvania, 1820-1870 (The North's Civil War)   |  David G. Smith. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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