In the shadow of freedom : the politics of slavery in the national capital

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In the shadow of freedom : the politics of slavery in the national capital

Title remainder

the politics of slavery in the national capital

Statement of responsibility

edited by Paul Finkelman and Donald R. Kennon

Contributor

• Kennon, Donald R., 1948-
• United States Capitol Historical Society
• Finkelman, Paul, 1949-

Subject

• Conference papers and proceedings
• Washington (D.C.) -- Race relations | History -- 19th century -- Congresses
• History
• Slavery -- Political aspects -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 19th century -- Congresses
• Slavery -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 19th century -- Congresses
• United States -- History -- 19th century -- Congresses
• Antislavery movements -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 19th century -- Congresses
• Washington (D.C.) -- Politics and government -- To 1878 -- Congresses
• Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Congresses

Genre

• Congresses
• History
• Conference papers and proceedings

Language

eng

Summary

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

Member of

• Perspectives on the history of Congress, 1801-1877

Cataloging source

N$T

Dewey number

305.8009753

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

E445.D6

LC item number

I6 2010eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

Series statement

Perspectives on the history of Congress, 1801-1877