The Epic of AmericaLittle, Brown,, 1959 - 405 pages |
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Page 139
... Southern settlement to Missouri , and as late as 1824 a pro- posed pro - slavery amendment in Illinois was defeated by only five to four . After the end of the War of 1812 , cotton rose as high as thirty- four cents a pound , and during ...
... Southern settlement to Missouri , and as late as 1824 a pro- posed pro - slavery amendment in Illinois was defeated by only five to four . After the end of the War of 1812 , cotton rose as high as thirty- four cents a pound , and during ...
Page 140
... Southern frontiersmen had this land - hungry , plantation economy pushing steadily behind them . The " West " in the South was geographically very narrow as compared with the North , and when the Southern pioneer had been pushed across ...
... Southern frontiersmen had this land - hungry , plantation economy pushing steadily behind them . The " West " in the South was geographically very narrow as compared with the North , and when the Southern pioneer had been pushed across ...
Page 263
... Southern population . Just as both political parties in the North had debauched the immigrant voters and led them to the polls in shoals , so the Southern black was now to be debauched . In 1867 , Congress passed the Reconstruction Act ...
... Southern population . Just as both political parties in the North had debauched the immigrant voters and led them to the polls in shoals , so the Southern black was now to be debauched . In 1867 , Congress passed the Reconstruction Act ...
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