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Slavery and secession in Arkansas : a documentary history / / edited by James J. Gigantino II ; designed by Liz Lester



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Titolo: Slavery and secession in Arkansas : a documentary history / / edited by James J. Gigantino II ; designed by Liz Lester Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Fayetteville, [Arkansas] : , : University of Arkansas Press, , 2015
©2015
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (275 p.)
Disciplina: 973.0496
Soggetto topico: Slavery - Arkansas - History
Antislavery movements - Arkansas - History
Soggetto geografico: Arkansas Politics and government To 1950
Persona (resp. second.): GigantinoJames J.
LesterLiz
Note generali: Includes index.
Nota di contenuto: Contents; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: Approaching the Election of 1860; Chapter 2: From Election to Call for Convention; Chapter 3: Campaigning for a Convention; Chapter 4: The First Convention; Chapter 5: Moving toward Secession; Index
Sommario/riassunto: The absorbing documents collected in Slavery and Secession in Arkansas trace Arkansas's tortuous road to secession and war. Drawn from contemporary pamphlets, broadsides, legislative debates, public addresses, newspapers, and private correspondence, these accounts show the intricate twists and turns of the political drama in Arkansas between early 1859 and the summer of 1861. From an early warning of what Republican political dominance would mean for the South, through the initial rejection of secession, to Arkansas's final abandonment of the Union, readers, even while knowing the eventual out
Titolo autorizzato: Slavery and secession in Arkansas  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-61075-565-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910797137703321
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Serie: Civil War in the West.