![]() ![]() Barbara Fields argues that this position in between concealed as intense and immoderate a drama as enacted in the Deep South. Situated between the slave-labor states of the lower South and the free-labor states of the North, Maryland-with a black population almost evenly divided between slave and free-has long received credit for moderation and mediation in an era of extremes. During the tumultuous Civil War era, the border state of Maryland occupied a middle position both geographically and socially. ![]()
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