The Town That Started the Civil War - Couverture rigide

Brandt, Nat

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 081560243X ISBN 13 : 9780815602439

Editeur : Syracuse University Press, 1990

Synopsis

Recounts how the pro-abolitionist people of Oberlin, Ohio rescued a man from slave hunters in 1858 and the subsequent trial of the leaders of the rescuers

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

No community better reflected the growing passion against slavery than Oberlin College. In September 1858 the sudden kidnapping of a runaway slave who was living in Oberlin caused the entire community and its college students to rush to his rescue. The slave was rescued, but 37 of his rescuers were identified and put on trial for violating federal law, the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. The case became a cause célèbre throughout the North.

Biographie de l'auteur

Nat Brandt - Editor, The New York Times; managing editor, American Heritage magazine; Editor-in-Chief, Publishers Weekly; author of ten books dealing with American history.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Syracuse University Press
• Date d'édition: 1990
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 081560243X
• ISBN 13: 9780815602439
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible