01679cam a2200337 i 4500 1164724285 TxAuBib 20181221120000.0 180227s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781594204050 hardcover 1594204055 hardcover (OCoLC)1024137219 YDX eng YDX TOH PAP OCLCO HQD IK2 QQ3 OCLCF UOK TxAuBib rda Delbanco, Andrew, 1952-, author. The war before the war : fugitive slaves and the struggle for America's soul from the Revolution to the Civil War / Andrew Delbanco. New York : Penguin Press, [2018] 453 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages [397]-441) and index. Explains how fugitive slaves escaping from the South to the northern states awakened northerners to the true nature of slavery and how the Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Act divided the nation and set it on the path to civil war. 20181221. Fugitive slaves United States History 18th century. Fugitive slaves United States History 19th century. Fugitive slaves Legal status, laws, etc United States History 19th century. Slavery United States History 18th century. Slavery United States History 19th century. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Causes. TXKIP