General Laws of the Territory of Kansas

General Laws of the Territory of Kansas
Title General Laws of the Territory of Kansas PDF eBook
Author Kansas
Publisher
Pages 728
Release 1859
Genre Session laws
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The Nebraska-Kansas Act of 1854

The Nebraska-Kansas Act of 1854
Title The Nebraska-Kansas Act of 1854 PDF eBook
Author John R. Wunder
Publisher U of Nebraska Press
Pages 244
Release 2008-01-01
Genre Law
ISBN 9780803248168

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The Nebraska-Kansas Act of 1854 turns upside down the traditional way of thinking about one of the most important laws ever passed in American history. The act that created Nebraska and Kansas also, in effect, abolished the Missouri Compromise, which had prohibited slavery in the region since 1820. This bow to local control outraged the nation and led to vicious confrontations, including Kansas' subsequent mini-civil war. At the 150th anniversary of the Kansas-Nebraska Act these scholars reexamine the political, social, and personal contexts of this act and its effect on the course of American history.

General Laws of the State of Kansas

General Laws of the State of Kansas
Title General Laws of the State of Kansas PDF eBook
Author Kansas
Publisher
Pages 260
Release 1874
Genre Law
ISBN

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Private Laws of the Territory of Kansas

Private Laws of the Territory of Kansas
Title Private Laws of the Territory of Kansas PDF eBook
Author Kansas
Publisher
Pages 404
Release 1858
Genre Law
ISBN

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Laws of the Territory of Kansas

Laws of the Territory of Kansas
Title Laws of the Territory of Kansas PDF eBook
Author Kansas
Publisher
Pages 822
Release 1855
Genre Law
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The F Street Mess

The F Street Mess
Title The F Street Mess PDF eBook
Author Alice Elizabeth Malavasic
Publisher UNC Press Books
Pages 281
Release 2017-09-26
Genre History
ISBN 1469635534

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Pushing back against the idea that the Slave Power conspiracy was merely an ideological construction, Alice Elizabeth Malavasic argues that some southern politicians in the 1850s did indeed hold an inordinate amount of power in the antebellum Congress and used it to foster the interests of slavery. Malavasic focuses her argument on Senators David Rice Atchison of Missouri, Andrew Pickens Butler of South Carolina, and Robert M. T. Hunter and James Murray Mason of Virginia, known by their contemporaries as the "F Street Mess" for the location of the house they shared. Unlike the earlier and better-known triumvirate of John C. Calhoun, Henry Clay, and Daniel Webster, the F Street Mess was a functioning oligarchy within the U.S. Senate whose power was based on shared ideology, institutional seniority, and personal friendship. By centering on their most significant achievement--forcing a rewrite of the Nebraska bill that repealed the restriction against slavery above the 36 degrees 30′ parallel--Malavasic demonstrates how the F Street Mess's mastery of the legislative process led to one of the most destructive pieces of legislation in United States history and helped pave the way to secession.

The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery

The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery
Title The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery PDF eBook
Author Eric Foner
Publisher W. W. Norton & Company
Pages 464
Release 2011-09-26
Genre History
ISBN 039308082X

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“A masterwork [by] the preeminent historian of the Civil War era.”—Boston Globe Selected as a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times Book Review, this landmark work gives us a definitive account of Lincoln's lifelong engagement with the nation's critical issue: American slavery. A master historian, Eric Foner draws Lincoln and the broader history of the period into perfect balance. We see Lincoln, a pragmatic politician grounded in principle, deftly navigating the dynamic politics of antislavery, secession, and civil war. Lincoln's greatness emerges from his capacity for moral and political growth.