Abraham Lincoln and the United StatesMacmillan Company, 1949 - 286 páginas |
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... crisis . There were , indeed , four great events that contributed to this crisis , and each must be treated in turn . The first event which led to a crisis was the writing of a book . In June 1851 Uncle Tom's Cabin , by Harriet Beecher ...
... crisis . There were , indeed , four great events that contributed to this crisis , and each must be treated in turn . The first event which led to a crisis was the writing of a book . In June 1851 Uncle Tom's Cabin , by Harriet Beecher ...
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... crisis , and which Abraham Lincoln now took up . His opportunity came in 1858 , when the time had come round for Douglas to seek re - election to the Senate as one of the Senators from Illinois . His resistance to his own party and to ...
... crisis , and which Abraham Lincoln now took up . His opportunity came in 1858 , when the time had come round for Douglas to seek re - election to the Senate as one of the Senators from Illinois . His resistance to his own party and to ...
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... crisis which had been reached upon the issue of slavery . In his view the long- drawn - out controversy since 1854 upon the application of the Kansas - Nebraska Act had shown that the United States was divided between those who were ...
... crisis which had been reached upon the issue of slavery . In his view the long- drawn - out controversy since 1854 upon the application of the Kansas - Nebraska Act had shown that the United States was divided between those who were ...
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