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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.

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[Homer_J_Simpson]

A Visit to Captain Howes, of the Schooner “Mobile” – 2-4
Contents – 3
Editorials – 4-6
The Lounger – 6-7
Philip St George Cooke, Lieut.-Colonel Second Dragoons – 7-9
Luncan’s Light – 10
Funeral Honors Paid to Gen. Persifer F. Smith at Cincinnati – 10-12
Billy Bowlegs in New Orleans – 13-18
The Devil’s Mark – 18-20
My Western Land Speculation – 20-22
The Regatta of the New York Yacht Club – 23-26
Miscellany – 26-27

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What is fascinating is that a brutal and bloody civil war is about two years away and not a clue about it in the most popular media of the time...

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from June 26, 1857 (reply #44)

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David Herbert Donald, Lincoln

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Continued from November 3, 1857 (reply #3).

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Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

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Continued from May 5 (reply #13).

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

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Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1832-1858, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher

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