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Ecstatic Nation : : Confidence, Crisis, and Compromise, 1848-1877

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The end of Earth -- 1848-1861. Higher laws ; Who ain't a slave? ; One aggresses ; Democracy ; Sovereignty ; Revolutions never go backward ; The impending crisis ; A clank of metal -- 1861-1865. On to Richmond ; Battle cry of freedom ; This thing now never seems to stop ; The last full measure of devotion ; Fairly won ; Armed liberty ; And this is Richmond ; The simple, fierce deed -- 1865-1876. But half accomplished ; Amphitheatrum Johnsonianum ; Power ; Deep water ; Running from the past ; Westward the course of empire ; With the Ten Commandments in one hand ; Conciliation, or, The living.

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PUBLISHED
New York, NY : Harper, 2013.
Year Published: 2013
Description: x, 722 pages : illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780061234576
0061234575

SUBJECTS
Slavery -- History -- 19th century.
Antislavery movements -- History -- 19th century.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
United States -- History -- 1849-1877.
United States -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- Causes. -- Civil War, 1861-1865
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.