Chapter one. Origins of the Border between Slavery and Freedom

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction. Listening to the River 1
4. Chapter one. Origins of the Border between Slavery and Freedom 15
5. Chapter two. Crossing the Line 43
6. Chapter three. Slaveholding Liberators 70
7. Chapter four. Steamboats and the Transformation of the Borderland 108
8. Chapter five. Politics of Unity and Difference 137
9. Chapter six. Fugitive Slaves and the Borderland 165
10. Chapter seven. The Nature of Antislavery in the Borderland 185
11. Chapter eight. The Borderland and the Civil War 215
12. Notes 251
13. Index 315
14. Acknowledgments 319