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<p>The crisis facing the United States in 1850 was a dramatic prologue to the conflict that came a decade later. The rapid opening of western lands demanded the speedy establishment of local civil administration for these vast regions. Outraged partisans, however, cried of coercion: Southerners saw a threat to the precarious sectional balance, and Northerners feared an extension of slavery. In this definitive study, Holman Hamilton analyzes the complex events of the anxious months from December,
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- Author
- Holman Hamilton; with a new introduction by Michael F. Holt
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780813191362
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Political Science, History, 19th Century
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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