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Rifles, residents, and runaways
Title
Rifles, residents, and runaways: the conflict over slavery between civil and military authority in Maryland, 1861-1864.
Creator
Dunne, Brian Thomas., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of History
Abstract/Description
In the fall of 1864, Maryland became the first Border State to abolish slavery with the adoption of a new state constitution. In order to best understand the evolution of this event, the purpose of this study was to examine the civil-military relations of Maryland during the Civil War and how these relations affected the institution of slavery in the state. Therefore, the main argument is that the conflict between military and civil authorities in Maryland during the war revealed two points:...
Show moreIn the fall of 1864, Maryland became the first Border State to abolish slavery with the adoption of a new state constitution. In order to best understand the evolution of this event, the purpose of this study was to examine the civil-military relations of Maryland during the Civil War and how these relations affected the institution of slavery in the state. Therefore, the main argument is that the conflict between military and civil authorities in Maryland during the war revealed two points: first, that the federal government maintained a faithful vigilance over the state during the war and second, that the federal government exploited a fading slavery system to not only eliminate any possibility of Maryland entering the Confederacy, but also destroy any degree of Border State neutrality.
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Date Issued
2011
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3170957
Subject Headings
Slavery, History, Slaves, Emancipation, History, Sources, History, Politics and government
Format
Document (PDF)
Address of Hon. Henry Winter Davis, delivered at Baltimore, on Wednesday evening, October 16, 1861, at the request of a large number of merchants, mechanics and business men generally.
Title
Address of Hon. Henry Winter Davis, delivered at Baltimore, on Wednesday evening, October 16, 1861, at the request of a large number of merchants, mechanics and business men generally.
Creator
Davis, Henry Winter 1817-1865
Abstract/Description
Address of Honorable Henry Winter Davis, delivered at Baltimore, on Wednesday evening, October 16, 1861. Notes: Cover title. Text printed in two columns. FAU copy edges trimmed to 22 cm.
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb19f8
Subject Headings
Constitutional history -- United States, Maryland -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865, Maryland -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865, United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865, Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- 19th century, States' rights (American politics), United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865
Format
E-book
Second address to the people of Maryland by William H. Collins.
Title
Second address to the people of Maryland by William H. Collins.
Creator
Collins, William H. (William Handy) 1801-1881, Young, James
Abstract/Description
Caption title: To the people of Maryland. Notes: "Baltimore, February 23, 1861"--Page 17. FAU copy has original blue printed wrappers.
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb19f33
Subject Headings
Constitutional law -- United States, Slavery -- Maryland -- 19th century, Maryland -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865, Secession, Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- 19th century, States' rights (American politics), United States -- Politics and government -- 1857-1861, Federal government -- United States
Format
E-book
Third address to the people of Maryland.
Title
Third address to the people of Maryland.
Creator
Collins, William H. (William Handy) 1801-1881, Young, James
Abstract/Description
Third address to the people of Maryland. Caption title: To the people of Maryland. Notes: "Baltimore, September 2, 1861"-- Last page. FAU copy has original pink printed wrappers; side stitched with cord.
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb19f17
Subject Headings
Maryland -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865, Secession, Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States, Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- 19th century, United States -- Boundaries, United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources, United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865
Format
E-book
Proceedings and speeches at a public meeting of the Friends of the Union, in the city of Baltimore, held at the Maryland Institute, on Thursday evening, January 10, 1861.
Title
Proceedings and speeches at a public meeting of the Friends of the Union, in the city of Baltimore, held at the Maryland Institute, on Thursday evening, January 10, 1861.
Creator
Friends of the Union (Baltimore, Md.), Toy, John D.
Abstract/Description
Cover title. Includes verse and speeches of Wm. H. Collins, A.W. Bradford and Reverdy Johnson: pages 8-56. Bradford, Augustus W. (Augustus Williamson) 1806-1881. Collins, William H. (William Handy) 1801-1881. Johnson, Reverdy 1796-1876.
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb19f35
Subject Headings
Maryland -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865, Secession -- Congresses, Slavery -- United States -- Congresses, Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- 19th century, States' rights (American politics), States' rights (American politics) -- Congresses, Poems, Poetry, United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes -- Sources, United States -- Politics and government -- 1857-1861 -- Congresses
Format
E-book