"One of the most scholarly and provocative books written in this much worked-over period."-Avery O. Craven, Saturday Review "A documented, scholarly investigation of the growth of war fever in the North prior to the Civil War. The author discusses the disunionists both Northern and Southern, the party men who played politics, the businessmen who foresaw the loss of Southern markets, and those men who sincerely believed the Union must be preserved."-Booklist "It is well organized and well written, but most of all it presents an accurate picture of the welter of northern sentiments from which emerged the will to war in 1861."-Journal of Southern History "The author displays unusually keen analytical abilities. He writes with clarity and verve."-Bell I. Wiley, Mississippi Valley Historical Review
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Stampp presents an even-handed and readable narrative of the events in the North that led up to the Civil War: while not "pro-South," he makes clear that there were a number of motives on the Northern side, quite aside from any antipathy towards slavery, which caused the North to push the nation into war. Among the interesting tidbits in the book is an explanation of why the issue of slavery's expansion into the territories was so hot even though the remaining territories were clearly inhospitable to slavery (answer: both North and South viewed it as America's Manifest Destiny to continue expanding southward into Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean), and the curious story of how Major Anderson, the North's "hero" of Fort Sumter was actually pro-secession and tried heroically to avoid Sumter's becoming the spark that ignited Civil War. It is interesting to compare Stampp's book to Charles Adams' recent When In the Course of Human Events; also worth perusing is Jeff Hummel's Emancipating Slaves, Enslaving Free Men.
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In a word, superb. In two words, a classic. Stampp's look into the North in the year preceding the Civil War is simply the best I've ever read. Detailed yet captivating, this well written work looks into the hearts and minds of one-half of a nation on the brink of civil war. Those of you whose Civil War research has extended little beyond Thomas DiLorenzo and the South-was-right crowd should read Stampp's book to learn how a real historian works. He never espouses a point of view and does not judge the actions of those who lived a century and a half ago from the political and philosophical basis of modern society.
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SIR, DISGUISE the fact as you will, there is an enmity between the northern and southern people that is deep and enduring, and you never can eradicate it-never! Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
disunion movement, voluntary reconstruction, peaceful secession, secession winter, compromise movement, southern forts, secession crisis, southern sectionalism, northern nationalists, northern governors, homestead bill, irrepressible conflict, northern majority, seceded states, seceding states, peaceful separation, secession movement, southern secessionists, slavery expansion, northern merchants, eastern merchants, southern trade Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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disunion movement, voluntary reconstruction, peaceful secession, secession winter, compromise movement, southern forts, secession crisis, southern sectionalism, northern nationalists, northern governors, homestead bill, irrepressible conflict, northern majority, seceded states, seceding states, peaceful separation, secession movement, southern secessionists, slavery expansion, northern merchants, eastern merchants, southern trade Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Congressional Globe, South Carolina, Philadelphia Press, Chicago Daily Tribune, Daily Republican, Fort Sumter, Boston Daily Advertiser, Washington Correspondence, Official Records, Trumbull Papers, Library of Congress, Boston Daily Courier, Works of Lincoln, Boston Post, Sherman Papers, Major Anderson, Works of Buchanan, Sumner Papers, Chase Papers, New Jersey, Boston Evening Transcript, Lincoln Papers, Charles Francis Adams New!
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- The Genesis of the Civil War: The Story of Sumter, 1860-1861 by Samuel Wylie Crawford on 18 pages
- Lincoln and His Party in the Secession Crisis by David M. Potter on 13 pages
- Abraham Lincoln (The Great Americans Series) by Jean F. Blashfield on 9 pages
- Outbreak of Rebellion (Campaign of Silver War Series) by Nicolay on 7 pages
- From the Outbreak of the Rebellion (Campaigns of the Civil War (Book Sales)) by John G. Nicolay on 7 pages
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