The Missouri Compromise and Its Aftermath : Slavery and the Meaning of America /

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Robert Pierce Forbes goes behind the scenes of the crucial Missouri Compromise, the most important sectional crisis before the Civil War, to reveal the high-level deal-making, diplomacy, and deception that defused the crisis, including the central, unexpected role of President James Monroe. Although...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Forbes, Robert Pierce (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2007]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Slavery > Political aspects.
Politics and government
Missouri compromise.
HISTORY > United States > 19th century.
HISTORY.
Slavery > Political aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Slavery > Political aspects > United States > History > 18th century.
United States.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1815-1861.
United States > Politics and government > 1815-1861.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Robert Pierce Forbes goes behind the scenes of the crucial Missouri Compromise, the most important sectional crisis before the Civil War, to reveal the high-level deal-making, diplomacy, and deception that defused the crisis, including the central, unexpected role of President James Monroe. Although Missouri was allowed to join the union with slavery, Forbes observes, the compromise in fact closed off nearly all remaining federal territory to slavery. Forbes's analysis reveals a surprising national consensus against slavery a generation before the Civil War, which was fractured by the controve.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (384 pages): map
ISBN:9781469606132

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