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The slaveholding crisis fear of insurrection and the coming of the Civil War

Title
The slaveholding crisis [electronic resource] : fear of insurrection and the coming of the Civil War / Carl Lawrence Paulus.
Author
Paulus, Carl Lawrence, 1983-
Publication
Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2017]

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Description
1 online resource (xi, 311 pages)
Series Statement
Conflicting worlds, new dimensions of the American Civil War
Uniform Title
Slaveholding crisis (Online)
Alternative Title
Slaveholding crisis (Online)
Subject
  • Slavery > United States > History > 19th century
  • Slave rebellions > History > 19th century
  • Antislavery movements > History > 19th century
  • Exceptionalism > United States
  • United States > Politics and government > 1857-1861
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-301) and index.
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  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Introduction: expectations and exceptionalism -- The Haitian Revolution and slaveholding anxiety -- "Fanaticism" and southern fears of black rebellion -- Atlantic abolitionism and American exceptionalism -- Proslavery fear and the rise of the abolitionist power -- Texas annexation and the proslavery promise -- Wilmot's Proviso and the slaveholding crisis -- The proslavery turn against American exceptionalism -- Epilogue: Fighting over exceptionalism.
LCCN
2016012830
OCLC
ssj0001752270
Author
Paulus, Carl Lawrence, 1983-
Title
The slaveholding crisis [electronic resource] : fear of insurrection and the coming of the Civil War / Carl Lawrence Paulus.
Imprint
Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2017]
Series
Conflicting worlds, new dimensions of the American Civil War
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-301) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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