Disunion! [electronic resource] : the coming of the American Civil War, 1789-1859 / Elizabeth R. Varon.
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TextSeries: Littlefield history of the Civil War eraPublication details: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2008.Description: xii, 455 p. : illSubject(s): - Sectionalism (United States) -- History
- Sectionalism (United States) -- History -- Sources
- Slavery -- Political aspects -- United States -- History
- Antislavery movements -- United States -- History
- Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States -- History
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865 -- Sources
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes
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- E302.1 .V37 2008eb
"A Caravan book"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-429) and index.
The language of terrifying prophecy : disunion debates in the early republic -- We claim our rights : the advent of abolitionism -- Ruinous tendencies : the anti-abolition backlash -- The idea will become familiar : disunion in the era of mass party politics -- Oh for a man who is a man : debating slavery's expansion -- That is revolution! : the crisis of 1850 -- Beneath the iron heel : fugitive slaves and bleeding Kansas -- To consummate its boldest designs : the slave power confronts the republicans -- War to the knife : images of the coming fight -- Epilogue: The Rubicon is passed : the war and beyond.
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