The Road to Disunion: Secessionists triumphant, 1854-1861
- ISBN-10
- 0195058143
- ISBN-13
- 9780195058147
- Series
- The Road to Disunion
- Pages
- 640
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1990
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Author
- William W. Freehling
Description
Vol. 1 is a sweeping political and social history of the antebellum South from 1776 to 1854.
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