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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... Secession Although most of the Southern people — and nearly all the important Southern newspapers in the states that joined the Confederacy - supported secession , many citizens and a few papers opposed it . Here is one newspaper ...
... Secession Although most of the Southern people — and nearly all the important Southern newspapers in the states that joined the Confederacy - supported secession , many citizens and a few papers opposed it . Here is one newspaper ...
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... Secession Robert E. Lee , although a Virginia aristocrat , of ancient lineage , opposed slavery ; he here defines secession as " nothing but revolution . " But when Virginia seceded on April 17 , he resigned from the United States Army ...
... Secession Robert E. Lee , although a Virginia aristocrat , of ancient lineage , opposed slavery ; he here defines secession as " nothing but revolution . " But when Virginia seceded on April 17 , he resigned from the United States Army ...
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... secession , and when the people voted for secession , he insisted that their decision made the state an independent republic again but that it did not have to join the Confederacy . He also refused to take the oath of allegiance to the ...
... secession , and when the people voted for secession , he insisted that their decision made the state an independent republic again but that it did not have to join the Confederacy . He also refused to take the oath of allegiance to the ...
Contents
Contents | 17 |
Echoes from Harpers Ferry | 29 |
The Trial of John Brown | 39 |
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