Civil War Issues in Philadelphia, 1856-1865 / / William Dusinberre.
Philadelphia, before the Confederate bombardment of Fort Sumter, was not simply a "Northern" city. Unlike proslavery Washington but also unlike antislavery Boston, Philadelphia lay in the "Northern border area," where mixed sympathies led to divided loyalties and to frequent conv...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub) |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [1965] ©1965 |
| Year of Publication: | 1965 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (200 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Acknowledgment
- Contents
- Introduction
- Prologue: Philadelphia
- 1. Party Views in 1856
- 2. Abolitionism and the Fugitive Slave Question
- 3. The Territorial Question and the Democratic Party
- 4. John Brown’s Raid
- 5. Secession
- 6. Dissenters, Slaves, and Volunteers
- 7. Democrats, Negroes, and Conscripts
- 8. Conclusion
- Index