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" Calculating the value of the Union : "
James L. Huston.
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BL
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989116
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b743486
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| Main Entry
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Huston, James L.,1947-
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Calculating the value of the Union : : slavery, property rights, and the economic origins of the Civil War /\ James L. Huston.
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Chapel Hill ;London :: The University of North Carolina Press,, [2003]
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, ©2003
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Civil War America
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1 online resource (xvii, 394 pages) :: illustrations.
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0807828041
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: 0807861685
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: 9780807828045
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: 9780807861684
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-385) and index.
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| Contents
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Slavery, property rights, and the American Revolution -- The origins of slaveholder aggressiveness -- Free labor and the competition of slaves -- The antislavery debate over property rights -- The constitutionality of slavery prohibition in the territories -- The politics of Southern upheaval, 1846-1853 -- The Northern realignment, 1854-1860.
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In the early years of the nineteenth century, southern slaveholders sought a national definition of property rights that would recognize and protect their ownership of slaves. Northern interests, on the other hand, opposed any national interpretation of property rights because of the threat slavery posed to the northern free labor market, particularly if allowed to spread to western territories. This impasse sparked a process of political realignment that culminated in the creation of the Republican Party, ultimately leading to the secession crisis.
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Right of property-- United States-- History.
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Slavery-- Economic aspects-- United States-- History.
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Economics.
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HISTORY.
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Right of property.
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Slavery-- Economic aspects.
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War-- Causes.
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Amerikaanse burgeroorlog.
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Economische aspecten.
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Eigendomsrecht.
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Ontstaansgeschiedenis.
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Slavernij.
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United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Causes.
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United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Economic aspects.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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973.7/1
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E441.H895 2003eb
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15.85bcl
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