Making an antislavery nation : Lincoln, Douglas, and the battle over freedom /
Peck, Graham A., 1969-
Making an antislavery nation : Lincoln, Douglas, and the battle over freedom / Graham A. Peck. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2017. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
Prelude: an inheritance of slavery -- The nation's conflict over slavery in miniature: Illinois, 1818-1824 -- Democrats, Whigs, and party conflict, 1825-1842 -- Manifest Destiny, slavery, and the rupture of the Democratic Party, 1843-1847 -- Advocates for an antislavery nation, 1837-1848 -- Stephen A. Douglas and the northern democratic origins of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1849-1854 -- The collapse of the Douglas democracy, 1854-1860 -- Abraham Lincoln and the triumph of an antislavery nationalism, 1854-1860 -- Conclusion: the northern Democrats' dilemma over slavery.
9780252099960
2017017687
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Douglas, Stephen A. 1813-1861.
Slavery--Political aspects--History--United States--19th century.
Antislavery movements--History--United States--19th century.
Electronic Books.
E449 / .M355 2017
Making an antislavery nation : Lincoln, Douglas, and the battle over freedom / Graham A. Peck. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2017. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
Prelude: an inheritance of slavery -- The nation's conflict over slavery in miniature: Illinois, 1818-1824 -- Democrats, Whigs, and party conflict, 1825-1842 -- Manifest Destiny, slavery, and the rupture of the Democratic Party, 1843-1847 -- Advocates for an antislavery nation, 1837-1848 -- Stephen A. Douglas and the northern democratic origins of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1849-1854 -- The collapse of the Douglas democracy, 1854-1860 -- Abraham Lincoln and the triumph of an antislavery nationalism, 1854-1860 -- Conclusion: the northern Democrats' dilemma over slavery.
9780252099960
2017017687
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Douglas, Stephen A. 1813-1861.
Slavery--Political aspects--History--United States--19th century.
Antislavery movements--History--United States--19th century.
Electronic Books.
E449 / .M355 2017