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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... Slavery was undoubtedly the immediate fomenting cause of the woeful American conflict . It was the great political factor around which the passions of the sections had long been gathered the tallest pine in the political forest around ...
... Slavery was undoubtedly the immediate fomenting cause of the woeful American conflict . It was the great political factor around which the passions of the sections had long been gathered the tallest pine in the political forest around ...
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... slavery question ; he realised , and was prepared to respect , the rights of his political opponents . He realised equally the rights of the men whose views he was helping to shape , and he insisted that there should be no wavering or ...
... slavery question ; he realised , and was prepared to respect , the rights of his political opponents . He realised equally the rights of the men whose views he was helping to shape , and he insisted that there should be no wavering or ...
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... slavery has been incessant . In 1835 , pictorial handbills and inflammatory appeals were circulated extensively throughout the South , of a character to excite the passions of the slaves , and , in the language of General Jackson , " to ...
... slavery has been incessant . In 1835 , pictorial handbills and inflammatory appeals were circulated extensively throughout the South , of a character to excite the passions of the slaves , and , in the language of General Jackson , " to ...
Contents
Contents | 17 |
Echoes from Harpers Ferry | 29 |
The Trial of John Brown | 39 |
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