ISBN:
9780821443491
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (257 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Series Statement:
Perspectives on the History of Congress, 1801-1877 Ser.
Series Statement:
Perspectives on the history of Congress, 1801-1877
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DDC:
305.8009753
Keywords:
United States Congresses History 19th century
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Slavery Congresses History 19th century
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Antislavery movements Congresses History 19th century
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Slavery Congresses Political aspects 19th century
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History
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Slavery Congresses Law and legislation 19th century
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History
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Slavery - Political aspects - Washington (D.C.) - History - 19th century
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Slavery - Political aspects - Washington (D.C.) - History - 19th century
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Antislavery movements ; Washington (D.C.) ; History ; 19th century ; Congresses
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Slavery ; Law and legislation ; United States ; History ; 19th century ; Congresses
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Slavery ; Political aspects ; Washington (D.C.) ; History ; 19th century ; Congresses
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Slavery ; Washington (D.C.) ; History ; 19th century ; Congresses
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Washington (D.C.) ; Politics and government ; To 1878 ; Congresses
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Washington (D.C.) ; Race relations ; History ; 19th century ; Congresses
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United States ; Congress ; History ; 19th century ; Congresses
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Electronic books
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Washington (D.C.) Congresses Politics and government To 1878
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Washington (D.C.) Congresses Race relations 19th century
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Abstract:
Few images of early America were more striking, and jarring, than that of slaves in the capital city of the world's most important free republic. Black slaves served and sustained the legislators, bureaucrats, jurists, cabinet officials, military leaders, and even the presidents who lived and worked there.
Abstract:
Intro -- Preface -- Slavery in the Shadow of Liberty -- 1: Congress and Slaveryin Context -- The Impact of British Abolitionism on American Sectionalism -- Christian Statesmanship, Codes of Honor, and Congressional Violence: The Antislavery Travails and Triumphs of Joshua Giddings -- Gamaliel Bailey, Antislavery Journalist and Lobbyist -- Saturday Nights at the Baileys' : Building an Antislavery Movement in Congress, 1838-1854 -- "A nest of rattlesnakes let loose among them" : Congressional Debates over Women's Antislavery Petitions, 1835-1845 -- Debating Slavery by Proxy: The Texas Annexation Controversy -- 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 -- "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 -- The 1848 Pearl Escape from Washington, D.C. : A Convergence of Opportunity, Motivation, and Political Action in the Nation's Capital -- Celebrating Emancipation and Contesting Freedom in Washington, D.C. -- Contributors -- Index.
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