Southern Pamphlets on Secession, November 1860-April 1861 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Southern Pamphlets on Secession, November 1860-April 1861 write by Jon L. Wakelyn. This book was released on 2000-11-09. Southern Pamphlets on Secession, November 1860-April 1861 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The election of Abraham Lincoln as president in 1860 initiated a heated debate throughout the South about what Republican control of the federal government would mean for the slaveholding states. During the secession crisis of the winter of 1860-61, Southerners spoke out and wrote prolifically on the subject, publishing their views in pamphlets that circulated widely. These tracts constituted a regional propaganda war in which Southerners vigorously debated how best to react to political developments on the national level. In this valuable reference work, Jon Wakelyn has collected twenty representative examples of this long-overlooked literature. Although the pamphlets reflect deep differences of opinion over what Lincoln's intentions were and how the South should respond, all indicate the centrality of slavery to the Southern way of life and reflect a pervasive fear of racial unrest. More generally, the pamphlets reveal a wealth of information about the South's political thought and self-identity at a defining moment in American history. The twenty items included here represent the views of leaders and opinion makers throughout the slaveholding states and are fully annotated. An additional sixty-five pamphlets are listed and briefly described in an appendix. Originally published in 1996. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
Southern Unionist Pamphlets and the Civil War
Southern Unionist Pamphlets and the Civil War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Southern Unionist Pamphlets and the Civil War write by Jon L. Wakelyn. This book was released on 1999. Southern Unionist Pamphlets and the Civil War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Wakelyn (history, Kent State U.) presents 18 pamphlets and discusses 22 others in which southerners entreated others to support the United States and oppose the Confederacy. Written between 1861 and 1864, they were preserved by local and national political leaders and private citizens. The best known author is Andrew Johnson, who was later president. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
The Southern Press and Secession, 1860-1861
The Southern Press and Secession, 1860-1861 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Southern Press and Secession, 1860-1861 write by Alene Catherine Miller. This book was released on 1945. The Southern Press and Secession, 1860-1861 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Constitutional Origins of the American Civil War
The Constitutional Origins of the American Civil War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Constitutional Origins of the American Civil War write by Michael F. Conlin. This book was released on 2019-07-18. The Constitutional Origins of the American Civil War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Demonstrates the crucial role that the Constitution played in the coming of the Civil War.
Secession Winter
Secession Winter - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Secession Winter write by Robert J. Cook. This book was released on 2013-05. Secession Winter available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. What prompted southern secession in the winter of 1860–61 and why did secession culminate in the American Civil War? Politicians and opinion leaders on both sides of the Mason-Dixon line struggled to formulate coherent responses to the secession of the deep South states. The Confederate attack on Fort Sumter in mid-April 1861 triggered civil war and the loss of four upper South states from the Union. The essays by three senior historians in Secession Winter explore the robust debates that preceded these events. For five months in the winter of 1860–1861, Americans did not know for certain that civil war was upon them. Some hoped for a compromise; others wanted a fight. Many struggled to understand what was happening to their country. Robert J. Cook, William L. Barney, and Elizabeth R. Varon take approaches to this period that combine political, economic, and social-cultural lines of analysis. Rather than focus on whether civil war was inevitable, they look at the political process of secession and find multiple internal divisions—political parties, whites and nonwhites, elites and masses, men and women. Even individual northerners and southerners suffered inner conflicts. The authors include the voices of Unionists and Whig party moderates who had much to lose and upcountry folk who owned no slaves and did not particularly like those who did. Barney contends that white southerners were driven to secede by anxiety and guilt over slavery. Varon takes a new look at Robert E. Lee's decision to join the Confederacy. Cook argues that both northern and southern politicians claimed the rightness of their cause by constructing selective narratives of historical grievances. Secession Winter explores the fact of contingency and reminds readers and students that nothing was foreordained.
