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The problem of immigration in a slaveholding republic : policing mobility in the nineteenth-century United States /

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"Immigration presented a constitutional and political problem in the nineteenth-century United States. Until the 1870s, the federal government played only a very limited role in regulating immigration. The states controlled mobility within and across their borders and set their own rules for co...

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Main Author: Kenny, Kevin, 1960- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]
Subjects:
Slavery > Political aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
United States > Emigration and immigration > History > 19th century.
United States > Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
Emigration and immigration law > United States > History > 19th century.
États-Unis > Émigration et immigration > Histoire > 19e siècle.
États-Unis > Émigration et immigration > Politique gouvernementale.
19th Century.
United States.
HISTORY.
Legal History.
LAW.
Slavery.
SOCIAL SCIENCE.
Emigration and immigration
Emigration and immigration > Government policy
Emigration and immigration law
Slavery > Political aspects
United States
Sociology & anthropology.
Society.
1800-1899
Electronic books.
History
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by Kenny, Kevin, 1960-
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