“ So we might say that the most important thing one can acquire in college is a well-functioning bullshit meter. Andrew Delbanco
“ Fugitives from slavery ripped open the screen behind which America tried to conceal the reality of life for black Americans, most of whom lived in the South, out of sight and out of mind for most peop… Andrew Delbanco
“ As one southern-born antislavery activist later wrote, it was a sad satire to call [the] States ‘United,’ because in one-half of the country slavery was basic to its way of life while in the other it… Andrew Delbanco
“ Southerners who had insisted on states’ rights now demanded federal intervention to enforce what they considered their property rights. Andrew Delbanco
