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Free Republic University, Department of History presents U.S. History, 1855-1860: Seminar and Discussion Forum
Bleeding Kansas, Dred Scott, Lincoln-Douglas, Harper’s Ferry, the election of 1860, secession – all the events leading up to the Civil War, as seen through news reports of the time and later historical accounts

First session: November 21, 2015. Last date to add: Sometime in the future.
Reading: Self-assigned. Recommendations made and welcomed. To add this class to or drop it from your schedule notify Admissions and Records (Attn: Homer_J_Simpson) by reply or freepmail.

Link to May 1857 thread

[Homer_J_Simpson]

I thought about posting the whole lead article about Charleston due to the future importance of that city but it was 22 pages and it will be a few years before events come to a head in Charleston Harbor.

The Bird That Sung In May (poetry) – 2
Yellow Fever – 2-11
Monthly Record of Current Events * – 12-14
Editor’s Drawer – 15-21
Inconveniences of Living in a uniform Row of Houses – 22-23
Fashions for June – 24-25

* The U.S. government has decided to stay out of the Chinese war. A complicated story from Central America involves the Republic of New Granada , a country hitherto unknown to me.

“Serious disturbances are threatened in Utah, where the disaffection to the Government has assumed a very marked character.”

“The new United States steamer Niagara, the largest man-of-war afloat, has been ordered to assist in laying the cable of the oceanic submarine telegraph.

The New York, Ohio, Maine, and Massachusetts state legislatures passed strong anti-slavery resolutions in response to the Dred Scott decision.

Among the international events reported, the British Parliament is debating war in China.

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Continued from May 30 (reply #58).

The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas

[Red Badger]

This is really old news.....................

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Continued from March 10 (reply #40).

Nicole Etcheson, Bleeding Kansas: Contested Liberty in the Civil War Era

Robert J. Walker Wikipedia page

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Continued from May 13 (reply #38).

Don E. Fehrenbacher, The Dred Scott Case: Its Significance in American Law and Politics" (1978)

[Homer_J_Simpson]

I thought I posted a report on this book last year but if I did I can’t find it. Here is the first excerpt. We will be seeing a lot more of it when we get to 1858.

Allen C. Guelzo, Lincoln and Douglas: The Debates that Defined America

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Continued from March 6 (reply #22).

David Herbert Donald, Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln’s speech of June 26, 1857