Secession debated : Georgia's showdown in 1860 / edited by William W. Freehling, Craig M. Simpson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Freehling, William W., 1935-

Simpson, Craig M., 1942-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Secession--Georgia.

Secession.

Georgia--Politics and government--1861-1865.

Georgia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.

Summary:

The critical northern antebellum debate matched the rhetorical skills of Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas in an historic argument over the future of slavery in a westward-expanding America. Two years later, an equally historic oratorical showdown between secessionists and Unionists inGeorgia generated as much popular interest south of the Mason-Dixon line, and perhaps had an even more profound immediate effect on the future of the United States. With Abraham Lincoln's ""Black Republican"" triumph in the presidential election of 1860 came ardent secessionist sentiment in the South.

Contents:

Contents; 1. Thomas R. R. Cobb's Secessionist Speech, Monday Evening, November 12; 2. Robert Toombs's Secessionist Speech, Tuesday Evening, November 13; 3. Alexander H. Stephens's Unionist Speech, Wednesday Evening, November 14; 4. Benjamin H. Hill's Unionist Speech, Thursday Evening, November 15; 5. Herschel V. Johnson's Unionist Public Letter, Friday, November 16, from Milledgeville; 6. Henry L. Benning's Secessionist Speech, Monday Evening, November 19; 7. Joseph E. Brown's Secessionist Public Letter, December 7, from Milledgeville; Selected Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 160-165).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-992347-7

1-4294-0769-7

OCLC:

437173341