Parties and slavery, 1850-1859

by Theodore Clarke Smith

“The aim of the volume is ‘to bring out the contrast between the old parties and their aims and the new and imperious issues. ‘ The efforts to prevent the crisis which resulted in the Civil war, and the rival habits of thought which made it inevitable are clearly shown, the effects of the struggle upon parties, legislation and the courts as well as the social and economic changes brought about by railroad development and the growth of cotton are carefully detailed.” Book Review Digest — Standard Catalog for Public Libraries: History (H.W. Wilson) 1929 Chapter headings are: 1. The...

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