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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.

Link to previous Harper’s Weekly thread

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The American Eagle to the Prince – 1-3
Editorials – 3-4
Correspondence – 4
The Lounger – 4-5
Humors of the Day – 5
Hon. William L. Yancey – 5-7
Hon. Horace Greeley – 7-9
Alice Fulton – 9
Domestic Intelligence – 9-10
Foreign News – 10-11
The Drive in the Central Park – 11-12
Good for Nothing – 13-14
The Prince of Wales in Canada – 14-16, 18
Wanted-A Diamond Ring – 15
A Day’s Ride: A Life’s Romance, by Charles Lever. Ch. VII – 15, 17, 19-20
Two Love Stories – 20
The Two Sick Men – 21

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from August 8 (reply #5). On this date Seward gave the speech in St. Paul mentioned in the third paragraph below.

Bruce Catton, The Coming Fury