The Battle of Principles : A Study of the Heroism and Eloquence of the Anti-Slavery Conflict [recurso electrónico] / Newell Dwight Hillis
By: Hillis, Newell Dwight
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Continuing resourceAnalytics: Show analyticsPublisher: Project Gutenberg, 2006Subject(s): Antislavery movements -- United States | United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865LOC classification: E456E300Online resources: Click here to access online Rise of American slavery: growth of the traffic -- Webster and Calhoun: the battle line in array -- Garrison and Phillips: anti-slavery agitation -- Charles Sumner: the appeal to educated men -- Horace Greeley: the appeal to the common people -- Harriet Beecher Stowe; John Brown: the conflict precipitated -- Lincoln and Douglas: influence of the great debate -- Reasons for secession: southern leaders -- Henry Ward Beecher: the appeal to England -- Heroes of battle: American soldiers and sailors -- The life of the people at home who supported the soldiers at the front -- Abraham Lincoln: the martyred President.
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