Till the dark angel comes : abolitionism and the road to the second American Revolution / William S. King

Author:: King, William S.
Published:: Yardley, Pennsylvania : Westholme Publishing, LLC, [2016]
Copyright Date:: ©2016
Physical Description:: 328 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Contents:

The mystic spell of Africa -- The North Star -- For the sake of the Union -- At the point of no return -- A line of living fire -- The panic of 1857 -- American mysteries -- By the midnight sky and the silent stars -- Into the untried future.

Summary:

King provides a critical introduction to the lead-up to the Civil War. Seamlessly he weaves multiple and seemingly disparate threads, including early nineteenth-century Revivalism, the emergence of the Republic of Texas, the fugitive slave laws--and even an explosion aboard the U.S.S. Princeton in 1844--to explain how the opposition to slavery in America changed from producing speeches and pamphlets to embracing the reality that slavery could be eradicated only through arms.

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History

ISBN:

9781594162381 (hbk.)
1594162387 (hbk.)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-314) and index.

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