Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of Figures
Preface and Acknowledgments
Chronology, 1846–1861
Introduction: Confluence, Creolization, Liminal Crisis, and the Antislavery North
Chapter 1. Structures Challenged: The Rise of Abolitionism and Antislavery
Chapter 2. Structure Defended: The Compromise of 1850
Chapter 3. Liminality Erupting in the First Crisis: Fugitives and the Northern Public
Chapter 4. Creative Liminality: Writing and Reading Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Gallery
Chapter 5. Transforming Culture: Commercializing Antislavery
Chapter 6. Guarantees Violated in the Second Crisis: The Kansas-Nebraska Act
Chapter 7. Restructuring Coalescence: Nativism and Antislavery Politics
Chapter 8. Confirming and Consolidating New Structures: The Rise of the Republican Party
Epilogue: Into the War
Appendix of Tables
Notes
Index
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