This book analyzes the formal political debates that took place over Secession Winter (1860-1861) on the nature of the U.S. Constitution with regard to slavery, and reveals for the first time the dozens of solutions to the secession crisis proposed in the form of constitutional amendments. The discussions held in Congress, eleven state secession conventions, legislatures in Tennessee and Kentucky, and the Washington Peace Conference clearly demonstrate that fear of abolition occupied the center of the secession movement.
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This book analyzes the formal political debates that took place over Secession Winter (1860-1861) on the nature of the U.S. Constitution with regard to slavery, and reveals for the first time the dozens of solutions to the secession crisis proposed in the form of constitutional amendments. The discussions held in Congress, eleven state secession conventions, legislatures in Tennessee and Kentucky, and the Washington Peace Conference clearly demonstrate that fear of abolition occupied the center of the secession movement.
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