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Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2008

1 online resource (xii, 455 p.) : ill

ISBN 0807832324 (cloth : alk. paper)

ISBN 9780807832325 (cloth : alk. paper)

The Littlefield history of the Civil War era

"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.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries

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