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Slave Catchers : Enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law, 1850-1860. by Campbell, Stanley W.

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Preface; Contents; I: Background and Passage of the Fugitive Slave Law; II: The Constitutionality of the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850; III: The Fugitive Slave Law and Public Opinion, 1850-1854; IV: The Fugitive Slave Law and Public Opinion, 1854-1860; V: Executive Policy and the Fugitive Slave Law; VI: Enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law, 1850-1860; VII: Non-Enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law: Slave Rescues, 1850-1860; VIII: The Personal Liberty Laws and Enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law; IX: The Fugitive Slave Law: From Secession to Repeal; Appendixes; Bibliography; Index; A; B…”
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Shaping America. / Shaping America :

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Shaping America. / Crisis and compromise

Subjects: “…United States. Fugitive slave law (1850)…”
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Cotton is king, and pro-slavery arguments ; comprising the writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartwright, on this important subject by Elliott, E. N.

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Shaping America. / Higher law

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Fugitive justice : runaways, rescuers, and slavery on trial by Lubet, Steven

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The rescue of Joshua Glover : a fugitive slave, the constitution, and the coming of the civil war by Baker, H. Robert

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Making freedom : the Underground Railroad and the politics of slavery by Blackett, R. J. M., 1943-

Table of Contents: “…Making their way to freedom -- The workings of the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law -- Taking leave : fugitive slaves and the politics of slavery -- Conclusion : counternarratives.…”
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Border war : fighting over slavery before the Civil War by Harrold, Stanley

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : perception of war -- Early clashes -- Fear and reaction in the border South -- Southern aggression in the lower North -- Interstate diplomacy -- Fighting against slavery in the lower North -- The struggle for the border South -- Fighting over the fugitive slave law -- Pressure on the border South increases -- From border war to Civil War.…”
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The imperfect revolution : Anthony Burns and the landscape of race in antebellum America by Barker, Gordon S., 1952-

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Slavery & the law / Slavery and the law

Table of Contents: “…Chief Justice Hornblower of New Jersey and the Fugitive Slave Law of 1793 /…”
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A city so grand : the rise of an American metropolis, Boston 1850-1900 by Puleo, Stephen

Table of Contents: “…Abolitionists and the Fugitive Slave Law -- The Great Railroad Jubilee -- The Irrepressible Irish -- Filling the Back Bay -- The Gallows Glorious -- No Turning Back -- War -- Peace, Expansion, Perseverance -- An End and a Beginning -- The Centennial, the Sensational, and Beyond -- Breaking New Ground.…”

Gateway to freedom : the hidden history of America's fugitive slaves by Foner, Eric, 1943-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: rethinking the underground railroad -- Slavery and freedom in New York -- The New York Vigilance Committee -- A patchwork system: the underground railroad in the 1840s -- The Fugitive Slave Law and the crisis of the Black community -- The metropolitan corridor -- The record of fugitives -- The end of the underground railroad.…”
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Force and freedom : black abolitionists and the politics of violence by Jackson, Kellie Carter

Table of Contents: “…Forcing freedom: the limits of moral suasion -- Fight, flight, and fugitives: the fugitive slave law and violence -- From prayers to pistols: the struggle for progress -- Black leadership: the silenced partners of Harpers Ferry -- A carbonari wanted: violence, emigration, and the eve of the civil war.…”
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The rights of man in America by Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860

Table of Contents: “…--The like and the different.--The Fugitive Slave Law.--An anti-slavery address.--The progress of America.…”

The spiritual Emerson : essential writings by Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Emerson's spiritual principles -- Nature (1836) -- The divinity school address (1838) -- Self-reliance (1841) -- Compensation (1841) -- The over-soul (1841) -- Circles (1841) -- Experience (1844) -- The fugitive slave law (1854) -- Worship (1860) -- Essential principles of religion (1862) -- Character (1866).…”
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American Abolitionism : Its Direct Political Impact from Colonial Times to Reconstruction by Harrold, Stanley

Table of Contents: “…Direct Abolitionist Engagement in Politics, 1688-1807 -- Continuity and Transition, 1807-1830 -- Escalation, 1831-1840 -- The Rise and Fall of the Abolition Lobby, 1836-1845 -- Discord, Relationships, and Free Soil, 1840-1848 -- Physical Action, Fugitive Slave Laws, and the Free Democratic Party, 1845-1852 -- Abolitionists and Republicans, 1852-1860 -- Political Success and Failure: An Ambiguous Denouement, 1860-1870.…”
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A city so grand : the rise of an American metropolis, Boston 1850-1900 / Rise of an American metropolis, Boston 1850-1900 by Puleo, Stephen

Table of Contents: “…A city so bold, 1850-1859 -- Abolitionists and the Fugitive Slave Law -- The great railroad jubilee -- The irrepressible Irish -- Filling the Back Bay -- The gallows glorious -- A city transformed, 1860-1875 -- No turning back -- War -- Peace, expansion, perseverance -- An end and a beginning -- A city so grand, 1876-1900 -- The centennial, the sensational, and beyond -- Breaking new ground.…”
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Congress and the crisis of the 1850s

Table of Contents: “…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. …”
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Wisconsin and the shaping of American law by Ranney, Joseph A., 1952-

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Reflections on slavery and the constitution by Anastaplo, George, 1925-2014

Table of Contents: “…Calhoun on the abolitionist petition to Congress -- The fugitive slave laws (1793, 1850) -- Frederick Douglas and Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) -- Chief Justice Taney and the Dred Scott Case (1857) -- The Dred Scott Case Dissenters (1857) -- Abraham Lincoln in Cincinnati (1859, 1861) -- Stephen A. …”
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Sketches in the history of the Underground Railroad by Pettit, Eber

Table of Contents: “…THE "JERRY RESCUE"-JO NORTON HEADS THE PARTY THAT RESCUES JERRY-EXCITING TIMES IN SYRACUSE-THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW IN CONTEMPT-JO GOES TO CANADA.…”
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Moby-Dick and Melville's anti-slavery allegory by Pellar, Brian R.

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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. by Jacobs, Harriet A. (Harriet Ann), 1813-1897

Table of Contents: “…The Confession; XL. The Fugitive Slave Law; XLI. Free at Last; Appendix; Copyright.…”
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United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan : people, law, and politics by Chardavoyne, David G.

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The Supreme Court, race, and civil rights by Davis, Abraham L.

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction: The Supreme Court, Civil Rights, and the Enduring Struggle for Equality; Chapter 1 -- From Marshall to Fuller: The Era of White Supremacy and Second-Class Citizenship, 1801-1910; The Constitution and Slavery; The Supreme Court and the Legitimization of Slavery: The Marshall and Taney Eras, 1801 -1864; Fugitive Slave Law; Slavery in the Territories; The Post-Civil War Era: Reconstruction and National Protection of Civil Rights; The Supreme Court's Assault on Equality, 1864-1888; The Chase Court, 1864-1873; The Waite Court, 1874-1888.…”
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American experience. / Interview with author Edward J. Renehan, 2 of 4

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Shadrach Minkins : from fugitive slave to citizen by Collison, Gary Lee, 1947-

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Africans in America.

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Bloody Dawn : the Christiana Riot and Racial Violence in the Antebellum North. by Slaughter, Thomas P.

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The liberty line : the legend of the underground railroad by Gara, Larry

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The Oxford companion to United States history / United States history

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American experience. / Interview with historian James Horton, 3 of 5

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Tyrannicide : forging an American law of slavery in Revolutionary South Carolina and Massachusetts by Blanck, Emily

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Abolitionist geographies by Schoolman, Martha

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Human rights in Deuteronomy : with special focus on slave laws by Tsai, Daisy Yulin

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Union heartland : the midwestern home front during the Civil War by Aley, Ginette, 1963-

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The Passenger Cases and the commerce clause : immigrants, blacks, and states' rights in antebellum America by Freyer, Tony Allan

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