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
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Link to previous New York Times thread
While compromise wasn’t easy, it was the way of Congress from 1789 to 1860. North and South found enough common ground in the Missouri Compromise (1820), Nullification Crisis (1832), and the Compromise of 1850 to avoid secession. The unsuccessful Crittenden Compromise of December 18th 1860 proposed to permanently enshrine southern slavery in the Constitution, making it unconstitutional for future congresses to threaten the institution.
The Civil War Upon Us.
