On the Edge of Freedom: The Fugitive Slave Issue in South Central Pennsylvania, 1820-1870

by David G Smith

Book Overview

An engagingly written, meticulously documented study of antislavery ferment just north of the Mason-Dixon line in a region of geographical, economic, cultural, and historical "edges".

In On the Edge of Freedom, David G. Smith breaks new ground by illuminating the unique development of antislavery sentiment in south central Pennsylvania-a border region of a border state with a complicated history of slavery, antislavery activism,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823240320
• ISBN13: 9780823240326
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"