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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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The Butterfield Overland Mail to California – 2-4
Contents – 3
Editorials – 4-6
The Lounger – 6-7
Views in Japan – 8-12
An Incident – 10
The Paraguay Expedition-The “Sabine” at Bermuda – 13-15
Indian Letter Carriers – 16-18
Lina Fernie – 18-20
Old Customs – 20-22
The Double Widowhood, Concluded – 22-23
The Shipwreck of the “Jeanie Johnson” – 23-25
An Opium-Smoking Saloon – 26
Our Special European Correspondence – 27
Chess Chronicle – 27-28
Financial and Commercial – 28
Weekly Market Summary – 28
A Hint to Parents – 29

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Continued from November 20 (reply #3) .

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

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Continued from December 10 (reply #16) .

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

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Continued from April 26 (Reply #5)

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

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Continued from September 1 (reply #10) .

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