The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volumes 1-2 |
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... southern con- spirators had no fear on that point , but they knew they could not carry the people with them unless they convinced them that slavery was to be assailed in their very homes , to be followed by a servile insurrection . They ...
... southern con- spirators had no fear on that point , but they knew they could not carry the people with them unless they convinced them that slavery was to be assailed in their very homes , to be followed by a servile insurrection . They ...
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... southern politicians saw in the rapid increase of the free states , both in number and population , and the deep hostility to the admission of any more slave states , that the power they had so long wielded in the Government would be ...
... southern politicians saw in the rapid increase of the free states , both in number and population , and the deep hostility to the admission of any more slave states , that the power they had so long wielded in the Government would be ...
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... Southern Conspirators - Their Plan - Election of Lincoln - First Steps to- wards Disunion .... 31 CHAPTER II . DECEMBER , 1860 - APRIL , 1861 . South Carolina takes the Lead - Reception South , of its Act of Seces- sion - Anderson in ...
... Southern Conspirators - Their Plan - Election of Lincoln - First Steps to- wards Disunion .... 31 CHAPTER II . DECEMBER , 1860 - APRIL , 1861 . South Carolina takes the Lead - Reception South , of its Act of Seces- sion - Anderson in ...
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... Southern Governors - Enthusiasm of the North - Delusion of both Sections - Davis calls for Southern Volunteers and for Privateers - Virginia Secedes - Embarrassments of the Government - Surrender of Norfolk - Surrender of Harper's Ferry ...
... Southern Governors - Enthusiasm of the North - Delusion of both Sections - Davis calls for Southern Volunteers and for Privateers - Virginia Secedes - Embarrassments of the Government - Surrender of Norfolk - Surrender of Harper's Ferry ...
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... - Fremont in St. Louis Battle of Wilson's Creek and Death of Lyon - Retreat of the Union Army - Public Feeling on the Death of Lyon - Diaboli- cal Spirit of the Southern Clergy . .123 18 THE GREAT REBELLION . CHAPTER IX . AUGUST ,
... - Fremont in St. Louis Battle of Wilson's Creek and Death of Lyon - Retreat of the Union Army - Public Feeling on the Death of Lyon - Diaboli- cal Spirit of the Southern Clergy . .123 18 THE GREAT REBELLION . CHAPTER IX . AUGUST ,
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