The Shattering of the Union: America in the 1850s (American Crisis)

by EricHWalther (Author)

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  Paperback
  2003

  $50.54

  The 1850s offered the last remotely feasible chance for the United States to steer clear of Civil War. Yet fundamental differences between North and South about slavery and the meaning of freedom caused political conflicts to erupt again and again throughout the decade. This book looks at one of the pivotal decades in US history.