U.S. Constitution & Secession : A Documentary Anthology of Slavery and White ...

Description: . Constitution & Secession : A Documentary Anthology of Slavery and White Supremacy, Hardcover by Pitcaithley, Dwight T.; Levinson, Sanford (FRW), ISBN 0700626255, ISBN-13 9780700626250, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UK "The re-telling of the fateful five months between Lincoln's election and the firing on Fort Sumter that started the American Civil War is often compressed in order to get on with the dramatic story of the war itself. Designed as a documentary reader forcollege-level courses, Secession Revealed provides a treasure trove of primary sources that take readers day by day and week by week through the constitutional debates over slavery and slaveholders' rights that culminated in secession. Disagreements overthe return of fugitive slaves, the protection of slavery in the western territories, and the carrying of slaves into free states and territories were the three major issues on the table. The inability of the country to resolve these different perceptionsof constitutional authority and rights led to the secession of the South and the onset of war in the spring of 1861. Reader Tim Huebner said, "If there are any lessons the reader takes away from the editor's introduction, they are that slavery and white supremacy drove the South's decision to secede and that the decision making process involved a great deal more passion and fear than reason and reflection.""--

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