Building a house divided : slavery, westward expansion, and the roots of the Civil War / Stephen G. Hyslop.

"Explores how an incipient rift between the states over slavery at the United States' founding lengthened and deepened, risking civil war, as the nation advanced westward" -- "By the time Abraham Lincoln asserted in 1858 that the nation could not "endure permanently half slave and half free," the ri...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hyslop, Stephen G. (Stephen Garrison), 1950- (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2023]
Subjects:	Slavery > Political aspects > United States > History > 19th century. United States > Territorial expansion. United States > Politics and government > 1783-1865. United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Causes. États-Unis > Expansion territoriale. États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1783-1865. HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877) SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery. Politics and government. Slavery > Political aspects. Territorial expansion. War > Causes. United States. 1783-1899 History.
Genre:	History.
Physical Description:	viii, 319 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Format:	Book

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