William W. Freehling, The Road to Disunion: Secessionists Triumphant, 1854-1861 (New York: Oxford University Press, 2007), 406. 18. On the speed of disunion, see David M. Potter, The Impending Crisis, 1848-1861 (New York: Harper, 1977).
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