A caucus of prominent South Carolina leaders is said to have been held on October 25, at the residence of Senator Hammond.Continuing South Secedes
A Covenant With Hell
All this, it must be admitted, was quite consistent with the oft repeated declaration that the Constitution was a “covenant with hell,” which stood as
Results of the 1860 Election
Few, if any, then doubted the right of a State to withdraw its grants delegated to the Federal Government, or, in other words, to secede from the
The Four Candidates
The people of the United States now had four rival tickets presented to them by as many contending parties.Continuing South Secedes from the United
The 1860 Election
Introducing South Secedes from the United States,serialized in nine total installments for 5 minute reading.How did the United States first split
The Work Now Before Us
Today's installment concludes The Republican Party Begins,our selection from the speech in First Debate with Stephen Douglas by Abraham Lincoln
The Machinery of “Popular Sovereignty”
Under the Dred Scott decision "squatter sovereignty" squatted out of existence, tumbled down like temporary scaffolding.Continuing The Republican
The Republican Party Begins
This series has three easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: The Destruction of The Compromise of 1850.IntroductionThe Republican
The Atlantic Slave Trade
Bringing the best history on the web. -- From Crash Course, their World History Series, #24.In which John Green teaches you about one of the