The Antebellum Era: Primary Documents on Events from 1820 to 1860Firsthand accounts offer students, scholars, or anyone interested in the pivotal period preceding the Civil War a look at how America's press covered important national issues and events of the day, from the passage of the Missouri Compromise through John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry. Using editorials, letters, essays, and news reports that appeared throughout the country, Copeland reveals how editors, politicians, and other Americans used the press to influence opinion. These are the primary documents that displayed the pulse of the nation. |
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... Congress . In order to maintain harmony , Congress agreed to a compromise . Missouri would be allowed to enter the Union as a slave state . Maine , which had been a part of Massachusetts , would enter as a free state . With regard to ...
... Congress took up the argument again in De- cember . In January 1820 , Rufus King of New York pointed out that , legally , Congress could keep slavery out of American territories and subsequently any states that came out of them . King ...
... Congress to legislate for the territories . All Congress has to do with these embryo States is , to set the machinery of their governments in motion , and the people inhabiting them will take care of the rest . If they want slavery they ...
Contents
Newspapers and Antebellum America | 1 |
The Missouri Compromise 1820 | 21 |
The BacktoAfrica Movement 1822 | 33 |
Copyright | |
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The Antebellum Era: Primary Documents on Events from 1820 to 1860 David A. Copeland No preview available - 2003 |