Southern Pamphlets on Secession, November 1860-April 1861The 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, South |
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Contents
I | xv |
II | 3 |
III | 5 |
IV | 16 |
V | 35 |
VI | 37 |
VII | 57 |
VIII | 65 |
XIV | 159 |
XV | 181 |
XVI | 197 |
XVII | 217 |
XVIII | 219 |
XIX | 249 |
XX | 264 |
XXI | 286 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Southern Pamphlets on Secession, November 1860-April 1861 Civil War America |
| Editor | Jon L. Wakelyn |
| Edition | illustrated, annotated |
| Publisher | Univ of North Carolina Press, 1996 |
| ISBN | 0807822787, 9780807822784 |
| Length | 418 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877) |
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