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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... force to carry out their views ; that they were determined to meet force by force , and that there was ... little chance of peace between them . He said they had been most foully slandered by Mrs. Beecher Stowe , that the incidents ...
... force to carry out their views ; that they were determined to meet force by force , and that there was ... little chance of peace between them . He said they had been most foully slandered by Mrs. Beecher Stowe , that the incidents ...
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... force of arms against the states engaged in attempts to secede . In connection therewith I understood him , however , several times to express doubts as to the practicability of holding the slave states in the Union by main force , if ...
... force of arms against the states engaged in attempts to secede . In connection therewith I understood him , however , several times to express doubts as to the practicability of holding the slave states in the Union by main force , if ...
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... force within the President's power to accomplish a military operation so extensive , instead of furnishing such a ... force " within reach " so as to make any attempt to take any one of them by surprise or coup de main ridiculous . He ...
... force within the President's power to accomplish a military operation so extensive , instead of furnishing such a ... force " within reach " so as to make any attempt to take any one of them by surprise or coup de main ridiculous . He ...
Contents
Contents | 17 |
Echoes from Harpers Ferry | 29 |
The Trial of John Brown | 39 |
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