The U.S. Constitution and secession : a documentary anthology of slavery and white supremacy /

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"Five months after the election of Abraham Lincoln, which had revealed the fracturing state of the nation, Confederates fired on Fort Sumter and the fight for the Union began in earnest. This documentary reader offers a firsthand look at the constitutional debates that consumed the country in t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Pitcaithley, Dwight T. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, 2018.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Constitutional history > United States > 19th century > Sources.
Secession > Southern States > History > 19th century > Sources.
Slavery > Law and legislation > History > 19th century > Sources.
Histoire constitutionnelle > États-Unis > 19e siècle > Sources.
Sécession > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 19e siècle > Sources.
HISTORY > United States > Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > History & Theory.
Constitutional history.
Politics and government.
Secession.
Slavery > Law and legislation.
War > Causes.
United States > Politics and government > 1857-1861 > Sources.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Causes > Sources.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1857-1861 > Sources.
Southern States.
United States.
History.
Sources.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • James Buchanan and John J. Crittenden
  • Declarations of Secession
  • U.S. House of Representatives, Journal of the Committee of Thirty-Three
  • Proposals to Amend the U.S. Constitution
  • Three Congressional Speeches.

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