The Missouri Compromise and its Aftermath : Slavery and the Meaning of America.

Robert Pierce Forbes goes behind the scenes of the crucial Missouri Compromise, the most important sectional crisis before the Civil War, to reveal the high-level deal-making, diplomacy, and deception that defused the crisis, including the central, unexpected role of President James Monroe. Although...

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Main Author: Forbes, Robert Pierce
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2007.
Series:Caravan Book.
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