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Slavery's Borderland - Freedom and Bondage Along the Ohio River (Paperback)
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Slavery's Borderland - Freedom and Bondage Along the Ohio River (Paperback)
Series: Early American Studies
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In 1787, the Northwest Ordinance made the Ohio River the dividing
line between slavery and freedom in the West, yet in 1861, when the
Civil War tore the nation apart, the region failed to split at this
seam. In Slavery's Borderland, historian Matthew Salafia shows how
the river was both a physical boundary and a unifying economic and
cultural force that muddied the distinction between southern and
northern forms of labor and politics. Countering the tendency to
emphasize differences between slave and free states, Salafia argues
that these systems of labor were not so much separated by a river
as much as they evolved along a continuum shaped by life along a
river. In this borderland region, where both free and enslaved
residents regularly crossed the physical divide between Ohio,
Indiana, and Kentucky, slavery and free labor shared as many
similarities as differences. As the conflict between North and
South intensified, regional commonality transcended political
differences. Enslaved and free African Americans came to reject the
legitimacy of the river border even as they were unable to escape
its influence. In contrast, the majority of white residents on both
sides remained firmly committed to maintaining the river border
because they believed it best protected their freedom. Thus, when
war broke out, Kentucky did not secede with the Confederacy;
rather, the river became the seam that held the region together. By
focusing on the Ohio River as an artery of commerce and movement,
Salafia draws the northern and southern banks of the river into the
same narrative and sheds light on constructions of labor, economy,
and race on the eve of the Civil War.
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