Prologue to Sumter: The Beginnings of the Civil War from the John Brown Raid to the Surrender of Fort Sumter, Woven Into a Continuous Narrative |
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... North to find one trace of authority in that Con- stitution for invading and coercing a sovereign state . The North , on the other hand , maintained , with the utmost confidence in the correctness of her position , that the Union formed ...
... North to find one trace of authority in that Con- stitution for invading and coercing a sovereign state . The North , on the other hand , maintained , with the utmost confidence in the correctness of her position , that the Union formed ...
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... North Carolina Tells the Charleston Convention Why Popular Sovereignty Favors the North When William W. Avery of North Carolina presented the majority report at the Charleston Convention , he doomed Stephen A. Douglas ' chances for the ...
... North Carolina Tells the Charleston Convention Why Popular Sovereignty Favors the North When William W. Avery of North Carolina presented the majority report at the Charleston Convention , he doomed Stephen A. Douglas ' chances for the ...
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... North , H. M. , 418 North American Review , 390n . , 403 , 403n . North Carolina , 19 , 38 , 157 North - South differences , 24 , 159 , 281 , 282 , 321-24 ; Compromise efforts in , 281-82 Northern Central Railway , 392 Northwest , the ...
... North , H. M. , 418 North American Review , 390n . , 403 , 403n . North Carolina , 19 , 38 , 157 North - South differences , 24 , 159 , 281 , 282 , 321-24 ; Compromise efforts in , 281-82 Northern Central Railway , 392 Northwest , the ...
Contents
Contents | 17 |
Echoes from Harpers Ferry | 29 |
The Trial of John Brown | 39 |
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