At the Precipice: Americans North and South During the Secession Crisis

(Part of the Littlefield History of the Civil War Era Series)

by Shearer Davis Bowman

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Why did eleven slave states secede from the Union in 1860-61? Why did the eighteen free states loyal to the Union deny the legitimacy of secession, and take concrete steps after Fort Sumter to subdue what President Abraham Lincoln deemed treasonous rebellion?

At the Precipice seeks to answer these and related questions by focusing on the different ways in which Americans, North and South, black and white, understood their interests,...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0807833924

ISBN13:9780807833926

Release Date:October 2010

Publisher:University of North Carolina Press

Length:392 Pages

Weight:1.64 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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