At the Precipice: Americans North and South During the Secession Crisis

by Shearer Davis Bowman

Book Overview

Why did eleven slave states secede from the Union in 1860-61? Why did the eighteen free states loyal to the Union deny the legitimacy of secession, and take concrete steps after Fort Sumter to subdue... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807833924
• ISBN13: 9780807833926
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 0.1" x 0.1"