THE WAR BEFORE THE WAR: Fugitive Slaves and the Struggle for America's Soul from the Revolution to the Civil War

By awakening northerners to the true nature of slavery and by enraging southerners who demanded the return of their human "property," fugitive slaves forced the nation to confront the truth about itself, as a "united" nation based on the principle of human equality. This story illuminates what brought us to war with ourselves and the terrible legacies of slavery. Illus.