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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... Letter , Supposedly by Judah P. Benjamin , Proposes the Restoration of the Southern States to England This amazing letter , allegedly sent to the British Consul in New York , was not made public during the war ; it first ap- peared in a ...
... Letter , Supposedly by Judah P. Benjamin , Proposes the Restoration of the Southern States to England This amazing letter , allegedly sent to the British Consul in New York , was not made public during the war ; it first ap- peared in a ...
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... letter is a fiction , but to some extent founded on fact . . . . There was . . among the upper class in England a general desire to believe that the republican form of govern- ment was an impossible one . . . . It was imagined that all ...
... letter is a fiction , but to some extent founded on fact . . . . There was . . among the upper class in England a general desire to believe that the republican form of govern- ment was an impossible one . . . . It was imagined that all ...
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... letter to me as to refer the measures for the preservation of the Union to the action of the people in the several states , and he promised to prepare a letter giving me his views by 9 A.M. tomorrow . If his letter be satisfactory , its ...
... letter to me as to refer the measures for the preservation of the Union to the action of the people in the several states , and he promised to prepare a letter giving me his views by 9 A.M. tomorrow . If his letter be satisfactory , its ...
Contents
Contents | 17 |
Echoes from Harpers Ferry | 29 |
The Trial of John Brown | 39 |
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