Tennessee Secedes (eBook)

A Documentary History

Dwight Pitcaithley (Autor)

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2023 | 1
352 Seiten
University of Tennessee Press (Verlag)
978-1-62190-688-9 (ISBN)

Infos

The election of 1860 put to rest a tumultuous decade of legislative contest over the institution of slaveryeven as it set in motion events that led directly to its demise by civil war. While some scholarship tends to minimize the role of slavery in the secession of the Southern states in the early 1860s, Dwight Pitcaithley's Tennessee Secedes: A Documentary History takes the opposite approach, examining the many factors that both fueled and complicated Tennessee's unique journey toward secession in 1861. Organized chronologically by source and speaker, Tennessee Secedes presents a selection of primary sources from December 1860 through the summer of 1861, inviting students to examine the arc of Tennessee's secession march. Pitcaithley introduces proclamations, declarations, addresses, resolutions, proposed constitutional amendments, and other materials from Tennessee legislators, members of Congress, and delegates to the East Tennessee Convention. These sources highlight the political divisions apparent in the Volunteer State during this season of unrest. While many other Southern states saw little support for Unionism in the early 1860s, Tennessee stood in stark contrast, with a large and vocal population that ardently opposed secession. Complete with appendices featuring 1861 election returns, communications from the Tennessee Congressional Delegation of the Thirty-Sixth Congress, and a timeline for Secession Winteras well as questions for further discussionTennessee Secedes is an invaluable resource for students of the Civil War and Tennessee history, offering an insightful analysis of Tennessee's uncertain path to the Confederacy in the summer of 1861.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.8.2023
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► 20. Jahrhundert bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Schlagworte: 1860 election • 1861 election returns • Antebellum South • Civil War • civil war era • Civil War scholarship • Confederate path • Confederate states • dissent • documentary history • Dwight Pitcaithley • East Tennessee Convention • Election of 1860 • Historical Analysis • historical documents • Legislative contest • Legislative history • Political Conflict • political divisions • Primary Sources • Regional identity • Secession documents • secession movement • secession timeline • Secession Winter • Slavery • Slavery and secession • Southern States • student resource • Tennessee History • Tennessee secession • Thirty-sixth Congress • unionism • Unionism in Tennessee
• ISBN-10: 1-62190-688-4 / 1621906884
• ISBN-13: 978-1-62190-688-9 / 9781621906889