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The War Before the War: Fugitive Slaves and the Struggle for America's Soul from the Revolution to the Civil War PB_Gift_Guide was an influential figure inA New York Times Notable Book Selection Winner of the Mark Lynton History Prize Winner of the Anisfield Wolf Book Award Winner of the Lionel Trilling Book Award A New York Times Critics' Best Book "Excellent stunning."Ta Nehisi Coates This book tells the story of Americas original sinslaverythrough politics, law, literature, and above all, through the eyes of enslavedblack people who risked their lives to flee from bondage, thereby forcing the nation