The Missouri Compromise and its aftermath : slavery & the meaning of America /
Forbes, Robert Pierce.
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press,
c2007.
"Robert Pierce Forbes goes behind the scenes of the most important sectional crisis before the Civil War to reveal the high-level deal-making, diplomacy, and deception that surrounded the Missouri Crisis, including the central, unexpected role of President James Monroe. Although Missouri was allowed to join the union as a slaveholding state, the compromise in fact closed off nearly all remaining federal territory to slavery."--BOOK JACKET.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-348) and index.
Monroe takes charge -- Missouri -- Compromise -- Silence -- Discord -- Beneficence -- Democracy -- Force -- Kansas.
"Robert Pierce Forbes goes behind the scenes of the most important sectional crisis before the Civil War to reveal the high-level deal-making, diplomacy, and deception that surrounded the Missouri Crisis, including the central, unexpected role of President James Monroe. Although Missouri was allowed to join the union as a slaveholding state, the compromise in fact closed off nearly all remaining federal territory to slavery."--BOOK JACKET.
Missouri compromise.
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Missouri Compromise and its aftermath.
Missouri Compromise and its aftermath.