Prelude to Greatness: Lincoln in the 1850'sMcGraw-Hill, 1964 - 205 pages |
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... Court issued its decision in the Dred Scott case , declaring that the Mis- souri Compromise line was ... Court's action , but not without apprehensive glances toward the next election . Yet the Dred Scott decision , while it set off a ...
... Court issued its decision in the Dred Scott case , declaring that the Mis- souri Compromise line was ... Court's action , but not without apprehensive glances toward the next election . Yet the Dred Scott decision , while it set off a ...
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... Court's word binding upon anyone except the parties in the case . It was an " erroneous " decision , based upon a false reading of history , Lincoln declared in his Springfield speech of June 26. " We know the court that made it , has ...
... Court's word binding upon anyone except the parties in the case . It was an " erroneous " decision , based upon a false reading of history , Lincoln declared in his Springfield speech of June 26. " We know the court that made it , has ...
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... Court . The Dred Scott decision put an end to the period of dissimulation , however , and compelled a redefinition of the Democratic party's position on the subject of slavery in the territories . Southerners could see no room for ...
... Court . The Dred Scott decision put an end to the period of dissimulation , however , and compelled a redefinition of the Democratic party's position on the subject of slavery in the territories . Southerners could see no room for ...
Contents
Illinois and Lincoln in the 1850s | 1 |
Lincoln and the Formation of the Republican Party | 19 |
The Senatorial Nomination | 48 |
Copyright | |
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