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Finkelman, Paul, (1949-)

In the shadow of freedomthe politics of slavery in the national capital /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	In the shadow of freedomedited by Paul Finkelman and Donald R. Kennon.
Reminder of title:	the politics of slavery in the national capital /
other author:	Kennon, Donald R.,
Published:	Athens :Published for the United States Capitol Historical Societyby Ohio University Press,c2010.
Description:	1 online resource (viii, 248 p.) :ill.
Notes:	Papers from the U.S. Capitol Historical Society meeting held in 2006.
Subject:	SlaveryCongresses.Law and legislation19th centuryUnited States
Subject:	Washington (D.C.)Fiction.
Online resource:	Full text available:
ISBN:	9780821443491 (electronic bk.)

In the shadow of freedomthe politics of slavery in the national capital /
In the shadow of freedomthe politics of slavery in the national capital /[electronic resource] :edited by Paul Finkelman and Donald R. Kennon. - Athens :Published for the United States Capitol Historical Societyby Ohio University Press,c2010. - 1 online resource (viii, 248 p.) :ill. - Perspectives on the history of Congress, 1801-1877.

Papers from the U.S. Capitol Historical Society meeting held in 2006.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 BethCorrigan -- 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.

ISBN: 9780821443491 (electronic bk.)Subjects--Corporate Names:

435126
United States.
Congress--Encyclopedias.Subjects--Topical Terms:

621840
Slavery
--Law and legislation--United States--19th century--Congresses.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

383330
Washington (D.C.)
--Fiction.

LC Class. No.: E445.D6 / I6 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 305.8009753

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