The Town That Started the Civil War

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The story of how the slavery question came into focus when a fugitive slave was saved by the town of Oberlin, Ohio, in 1858.

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Preface	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Cast of Characters	p. xvii
The Slave and the Student	p. 3
The Law	p. 13
""Nigger"" Town	p. 25
The Man-Stealers	p. 50
Ambush	p. 61
To the Rescue	p. 68
The Rescue	p. 87
""From Snowy White to Sooty""	p. 112
Legal Maneuvers, Politics as Usual	p. 131
The Case Against the White Clerk	p. 143
The Case Against the Black Schoolteacher	p. 166
""A Common Humanity""	p. 183
""Wightman's Castle""	p. 191
The Rally and the Ruling	p. 203
""I Was in Prison, and Ye Came Unto Me""	p. 216
Aftermath	p. 238
Epilogue	p. 261
Notes Bibliography Index	p. 265
Notes	p. 267
Bibliography	p. 297
Index	p. 307
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