Slavery's Borderland : Freedom and Bondage along the Ohio River.

By centering the practical and figurative significance of the Ohio River as a political border, a cultural boundary, and an artery of movement and economy that gave form to the region, Matthew Salafia sheds light on peculiarities of labor and economy along the Ohio River.

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Author / Creator: Salafia, Matthew.
Materyal Türü: Ekitap Elektronik
Dil:English
Imprint: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013.
Seri Bilgileri:Early American Studies
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Local Note:Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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İçindekiler:
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Introduction: Listening to the River
  • Chapter 1 Origins of the Border between Slavery and Freedom
  • Chapter 2 Crossing the Line
  • Chapter 3 Slaveholding Liberators
  • Chapter 4 Steamboats and the Transformation of the Borderland
  • Chapter 5 Politics of Unity and Difference
  • Chapter 6 Fugitive Slaves and the Borderland
  • Chapter 7 The Nature of Antislavery in the Borderland
  • Chapter 8 The Borderland and the Civil War
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments.