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In the shadow of freedom : the politics of slavery in the national capital / edited by Paul Finkelman and Donald R. Kennon

Finkelman, Paul,i1949- ; Kennon, Donald R.,i1948-

Athens : Published for the United States Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press, 2010

Birmingham, AL, USA : EBSCO Industries, Inc.

1 Online-Ressource (viii, 248 pages) : Illustrations

Perspectives on the history of Congress, 1801-1877

Includes bibliographical references and index

978-0-8214-4349-1 ; 0-8214-4349-6 ; 978-0-8214-1934-2

 

f Kongress  g Washington, DC <2006>  USA. Congress  Washington, DC  Sklaverei  Gesetzgebung  Abolitionismus 

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. While slaves quietly kept the nation's capital running smoothly, lawmakers debated the place of slavery in the nation, the status of slavery in the territories newly acquired from Mexico, and even the legality of the slave trade in itself. This volume, with essays by some of the most disti.