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

• 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
• ISBN: 1-61075-565-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910797137703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Civil War in the West.