The Missouri Compromise and Its Aftermath
Subtitle: Slavery and the Meaning of America
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: May 14, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780807831052
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Slavery & emancipation; History; History - U.S; History: American; Missouri; History & Theory - General; United States - 19th Century; 18th century; 19th century; Missouri compromise; Political aspects; Slavery; United States
Description: "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."--Jacket.