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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... Party Splits at Charleston By James Ford Rhodes Of all the Presidential Nominating Conventions ever held in America , the Democratic Convention that met at Charleston , South Carolina , on April 23 , 1860 , was surely the most fate- ful ...
... Party Splits at Charleston By James Ford Rhodes Of all the Presidential Nominating Conventions ever held in America , the Democratic Convention that met at Charleston , South Carolina , on April 23 , 1860 , was surely the most fate- ful ...
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... party's strength was shattered by internal and sectional- dissension . It was unfortunate both for the Northern Democrats and the Union that at this critical juncture the National Convention should meet at Charleston , the hotbed of ...
... party's strength was shattered by internal and sectional- dissension . It was unfortunate both for the Northern Democrats and the Union that at this critical juncture the National Convention should meet at Charleston , the hotbed of ...
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... Party was opposed to the South and that he was with his own Party ; that he had been elected by that Party and intended to sustain his Party in good faith ; but added that the question on the amendments to the Constitution and the ...
... Party was opposed to the South and that he was with his own Party ; that he had been elected by that Party and intended to sustain his Party in good faith ; but added that the question on the amendments to the Constitution and the ...
Contents
Introduction | 17 |
Echoes from Harpers Ferry | 29 |
The Trial of John Brown | 39 |
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