Slavery and Secession in Arkansas : A Documentary History

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The absorbing documents collected in Slavery and Secession in Arkansas trace Arkansas's tortuous road to secession and war. Drawn from contemporary pamphlets, broadsides, legislative debates, public addresses, newspapers, and private correspondence, these accounts show the intricate twists and...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Gigantino, James J.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Chicago : University of Arkansas Press, 2015.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Slavery.
Politics and government.
Antislavery movements.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Slavery.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Communication Studies.
Mouvements antiesclavagistes > Arkansas > Histoire.
Antislavery movements > Arkansas > History.
Slavery > Arkansas > History.
Arkansas.
Arkansas > Politique et gouvernement > Jusqu'à 1950.
Arkansas > Politics and government > To 1950.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:The absorbing documents collected in Slavery and Secession in Arkansas trace Arkansas's tortuous road to secession and war. Drawn from contemporary pamphlets, broadsides, legislative debates, public addresses, newspapers, and private correspondence, these accounts show the intricate twists and turns of the political drama in Arkansas between early 1859 and the summer of 1861. From an early warning of what Republican political dominance would mean for the South, through the initial rejection of secession, to Arkansas's final abandonment of the Union, readers, even while knowing the eventual out.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (273 pages).
ISBN:9781610755658

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