LEADER 03031nam 2200721 a 450 001 9910451567203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4696-0613-5 010 $a0-8078-7758-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000487669 035 $a(EBL)354267 035 $a(OCoLC)476176212 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000777608 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11456016 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000777608 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10755647 035 $a(PQKB)11049838 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000203625 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11183241 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000203625 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10132664 035 $a(PQKB)11675070 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC354267 035 $a(OCoLC)966790970 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse48620 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL354267 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10273433 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL930452 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000487669 100 $a20061023d2007 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Missouri Compromise and its aftermath$b[electronic resource] $eslavery & the meaning of America /$fRobert Pierce Forbes 210 $aChapel Hill $cUniversity of North Carolina Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (380 p.) 225 1 $aCaravan Book 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8078-6183-9 311 $a0-8078-3105-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [293]-348) and index. 327 $aMonroe takes charge -- Missouri -- Compromise -- Silence -- Discord -- Beneficence -- Democracy -- Force -- Kansas. 330 $aRobert Pierce Forbes goes behind the scenes of the crucial Missouri Compromise, the most important sectional crisis before the Civil War, to reveal the high-level deal-making, diplomacy, and deception that defused the crisis, including the central, unexpected role of President James Monroe. Although Missouri was allowed to join the union with slavery, Forbes observes, the compromise in fact closed off nearly all remaining federal territory to slavery. Forbes's analysis reveals a surprising national consensus against slavery a generation before the Civil War, which was fractured by the controve 410 0$aCaravan Book 606 $aMissouri compromise 606 $aSlavery$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aSlavery$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1815-1861 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMissouri compromise. 615 0$aSlavery$xPolitical aspects$xHistory 615 0$aSlavery$xPolitical aspects$xHistory 676 $a973.5/4 700 $aForbes$b Robert Pierce$01047231 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451567203321 996 $aThe Missouri Compromise and its aftermath$92474682 997 $aUNINA