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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.

Posting history, in reverse order

To add this class to or drop it from your schedule notify Admissions and Records (Attn: Homer_J_Simpson) by reply or freepmail.

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The Terrible Railway Accident in Canada – 1-3
Editorials – 3-4
Correspondence – 4
The Lounger – 5-6
London Street Scenes – 7-9
Chess Chronicle – 9
March Winds and April Showers – 10-12
A Warning – 12
The Paraguay Expedition – 13-15
First Love and Second Wife – 16-19
A Russian Wolf-Hunt – 19
The Great East Indian Doctor – 20
How to Get to Pike’s Peak Gold Mines – 21-22
Our Special Paris Correspondent – 23
Terrible Adventure of an Aeronaut – 23-24
The Weekly Farmer – 24-25
April - 25

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from March 28 (reply #7.)

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

[TianaHighrider]

Ping please.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from March 1 (reply #24.)

Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher