Kentucky and the Secession Crisis (eBook)

A Documentary History

Dwight Pitcaithley (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2022 | 1
272 Seiten
University of Tennessee Press (Verlag)
978-1-62190-724-4 (ISBN)

Infos

As the election of 1860 loomed, the United States suffered tumultuous division over the political fate of slavery in the western territories. While Northern states favored territorial sovereignty, the Deep South advocated for federal protection of slavery during the territorial period. Disagreement festered and gave way to civil warbut for some states literally caught in the middle, choosing a side was not so easy. A slave state itself but bordering three non-slave-state neighbors across the Ohio River, Kentucky was in a difficult position as division swept the country. Aware that secession would nullify the Fugitive Slave Act and believing that slavery as a statewide institution would be better protected if Kentucky remained in the Union, the Bluegrass State ultimately stepped away from its Deep South sister states and chose not to secede. Kentucky and the Secession Crisis: A Documentary History showcases the discourse that followed the 1860 election and sheds light on Kentucky's political thought processes as the state struggled toward a decision. This important collection includes addresses by Governor Beriah Magoffin; Senator John J. Crittenden's December 1860 address proposing a Constitutional solution to secession; speeches by various proponents and opponents of the Crittenden amendment; various Constitutional amendments proposed by Kentuckians; and documents related to the second session of the Thirty-Sixth Congress, the Washington Peace Conference of 1861, and the Border Slave State Conference. With a lengthy introduction and questions for discussion, Kentucky and the Secession Crisis is an insightful and valuable resource for historians as well as for the classroom.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.10.2022
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► 20. Jahrhundert bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Schlagworte: 1860 election • American History • antebellum politics • Beriah Magoffin • bluegrass state • Border Slave State Conference • Border Slave States • border state dynamics • Border States • Civil War • Civil War era documents • classroom resource • Constitutional Amendments • Constitutional solutions • Crittenden amendment • Deep South states • documentary history • Election of 1860 • Federal protection of slavery • Fugitive Slave Act • Historical Analysis • Historical Resources • Historiography • John J. Crittenden • Kentucky • Kentucky and the Secession Crisis • Kentucky political stance • northern vs. southern states • Political Discourse • Political thought • Primary Sources • Regional conflict • secession crisis • Secession debates • Slavery • Slavery in western territories • Southern states’ decisions • Territorial Sovereignty • Thirty-sixth Congress • Union • Union versus secession • Washington Peace Conference
• ISBN-10: 1-62190-724-4 / 1621907244
• ISBN-13: 978-1-62190-724-4 / 9781621907244