The Missouri Compromise and its aftermath: slavery & the meaning of America
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1. Verfasser: Forbes, Robert Pierce (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press © 2007
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Beschreibung:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-348) and index
Monroe takes charge -- Missouri -- Compromise -- Silence -- Discord -- Beneficence -- Democracy -- Force -- Kansas
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
Beschreibung:369 pages
ISBN:9780807877586
0807877581
9781469606132
1469606135
9780807831052
0807831050

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