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Prologue to Conflict
The Crisis and Compromise of 1850
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Artikel-Nr:
9780393003451
Veröffentl:
1966
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.01.1966
Seiten:
252
Autor:
Holman Hamilton
Gewicht:
307 g
Format:
203x127x15 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
The crisis facing the United States in 1850 was a dramatic prologue to the conflict that came a decade later. The rapid opening of western lands demanded the speedy establishment of local civil administration for these vast regions. Outraged partisans, however, cried of coercion: Southerners saw a threat to the precarious sectional balance, and Northerners feared an extension of slavery. In this definitive study, Holman Hamilton analyzes the complex events of the anxious months from December, 1849, when the Senate debates began, until September, 1850, when Congress passed the measures.