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There Is a North - Fugitive Slaves, Political Crisis, and Cultural Transformation in the Coming of the Civil War (Paperback)
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There Is a North - Fugitive Slaves, Political Crisis, and Cultural Transformation in the Coming of the Civil War (Paperback)
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How does political change take hold? In the 1850s, politicians and
abolitionists despaired, complaining that the "North, the poor
timid, mercenary, driveling North" offered no forceful opposition
to the power of the slaveholding South. And yet, as John L. Brooke
proves, the North did change. Inspired by brave fugitives who
escaped slavery and the cultural craze that was Uncle Tom's Cabin,
the North rose up to battle slavery, ultimately waging the bloody
Civil War.While Lincoln's alleged quip about the little woman who
started the big war has been oft-repeated, scholars have not fully
explained the dynamics between politics and culture in the decades
leading up to 1861. Rather than simply viewing the events of the
1850s through the lens of party politics, "There Is a North" is the
first book to explore how cultural action -- including minstrelsy,
theater, and popular literature -- transformed public opinion and
political structures. Taking the North's rallying cry as his Title,
Brooke shows how the course of history was forever changed.
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