The Slaveholding Republic: An Account of the United States Government's Relations to Slavery

The Slaveholding Republic: An Account of the United States Government's Relations to Slavery

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 1-480

  Fehrenbacher, Don E ^a   McAfee, Ward M ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abraham Lincoln; America; Constitution; Continental congress; Emancipation; Proslavery; Slavery; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940013434     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195158052.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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