Slavery and the American West: The Eclipse of Manifest Destiny and the Coming of the Civil War
- ISBN-10
- 0807847968
- ISBN-13
- 9780807847961
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 396
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999-08-01
- Publisher
- Univ of North Carolina Press
- Author
- Michael A. Morrison
Description
Tracing the sectionalization of American politics in the 1840s and 1850s, Michael Morrison offers a comprehensive study of how slavery and territorial expansion intersected as causes of the Civil War. Specifically, he argues that the common heritage of th
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- 2000-11-15
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