The Missouri Compromise and Its Aftermath: Slavery and the Meaning of America

380 Pages·2007·1.12 MB·English

by  Robert Pierce Forbes

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The
Missouri
Compromise
and Its
AfRtermath
Slavery & the Meaning of America
robert pierce forbes
The University of North Carolina Press
Chapel Hill
© 2007
The University of North Carolina Press
All rights reserved
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the University of North Carolina Press.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Forbes, Robert Pierce.
The Missouri Compromise and its aftermath: slavery
and the meaning of America / by Robert Pierce Forbes.
p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index.
isbn 978-0-8078-3105-2 (cloth: alk. paper)
1. Missouri compromise. 2. Slavery—Political aspects—
United States—History—18th century. 3. Slavery—
Political aspects—United States—History—
19th century. 4. United States—Politics and
government—1815–1861. I. Title.
e373.f67 2007 973.5'4—dc22 2006035002
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To my parents
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c o n t e n t s
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Introduction 1
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monroe takes charge 14
2
missouri 33
3
compromise 69
4
silence 121
5
discord 141
6
beneficence 179
7
democracy 210
8
force 238
Epilogue
kansas 274
Notes 293
Acknowledgments 349
Index 351
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