Levine, Bruce C.,  1949 <br/><br/>
Half slave and half free :  the roots of civil war/ 
Bruce Levine 
 - Rev. ed. 
 - New York :  Hill and Wang,  2005 c1992 
 - xiv, 322p.;  21cm. 
<br/><br/> "Areas of Freedom and Slavery in 1854" (cover) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p.[257]-312 ) and index 
<br/><br/>Freedom, slavery, and the legacy of the American Revolution--- Our laborers are our property:  The southerm slave economy--- Each person works for himself: The ideal and reality of free labor--- A complete revolution in social life: Cultural change in the antebellum north--- The anointed lords of creation: Culture and society in the antebellum south--- Called by the same name: The many meanings of liberty--- To fight against the serpent: Antislavery and its early progress--- A firebell in the night: The struggle escalates--  Keep it within limits: Western lands and free soil---Anti Nebraska feeling is too deep: Origins and triumph of republicanism---  The inexorable logic of events: Secession, war, and emancipation. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780809053537 080905353539 9780809053533(paperback) 0809053535(paperback) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2004060884 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Working class--United States--History--19th century.<br/>Slavery--United States--History--19th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>United States United States 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>002 E 459  / L665h 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>973.7/11