Slavery and the American West

Slavery and the American West PDF

Author: Michael A. Morrison

Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press

Published: 1999-08-01

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 9780807847961

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Tracing the sectionalization of American politics in the 1840s and 1850s, Michael Morrison offers a comprehensive study of how slavery and territorial expansion intersected as causes of the Civil War. Specifically, he argues that the common heritage of th