The Coming of the Civil War

The Coming of the Civil War
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	Documents of the Coming of the Civil War Clicking the links below will open a new window; close that window to return to this page. The Compromise of 1850, 1850, by David Atkinson The Compromise of 1850, 1850, by James Shields Read and Ponder the Fugitive Slave Law!,, 1850 Fugitive Slave Law, 1850 The Fugitive Slave Law, 1850 Anti-Fugitive Slave Law Meeting, 1851 Harriet Beecher Stowe and Uncle Tom's Cabin, 1852, by Harriet Beecher Stowe Immigration, 1850, by William Smith Immigration, 1850, by William Smith Lincoln and Nativism, 1855, by Abraham Lincoln The Slave Power, 1856, by Salmon P. Chase America at Mid-Century Revival of the Slavery Issue, 1854, by Gerrit Smith Revival of the Slavery Issue, 1856, by Gideon Welles Kansas Meeting, 1856, by Gerrit Smith Bleeding Kansas, 1855, by John Brown Bleeding Sumner, 1856, by Charles Sumner The Dred Scott Decision, 1857, by Roger Taney The Gathering Storm, 1857, by Hinton Rowan Helper House Divided, 1858, by Abraham Lincoln Lincoln and Slavery, 1857-1858, by Abraham Lincoln An Assessment of James Buchanan, 1858, by Andrew Johnson Astounding Disclosures!, 1858, by Robert Goodenow Facts for the People, 1858, by Abraham Lincoln Facts for the People, 1858, by Abraham Lincoln Facts for the People, 1858, by Abraham Lincoln Facts for the People, 1858, by Abraham Lincoln Speech Delivered in Springfield, 1858, by Abraham Lincoln Harpers Ferry, 1887, by Annie Brown Adams Address of John Brown to the Virginia Court..., Undated but probably December 1859, by John Brown John Brown's Son Reflects, 1860, by Aaron D. Stevens Howling Dervishes, 1859 William Windom to Edward R. Parry et al., 1859, by William Windom Cotton Is King and Pro-Slavery Arguments, 1860, by E.N. Elliott The Bible Argument, 1860, by Thornton Stringfellow The Education, Labor, and Wealth of the South, 1860, by Samuel A. Cartwright Cotton Is King, 1860, by E.N. Elliott Stephen A. Douglas to N. Prescott, 1860, by Stephen A. Douglas Anti-Union Sentiment, 1860 Frederick Douglass's Views on Liberty, 1860, by Frederick Douglass Georgia Purchases Arms, 1860, by Paul Jones Semmes The Secession Crisis, 1860 South Carolina Secession, 1860, by William P. Gibson Texas: Our Galveston Correspondent, 1861 The Secession Crisis, 1861, by Robert Campbell The Secession Crisis, 1861, by Jefferson Davis Fort Sumter, 1861, by Robert A. Anderson Fort Sumter, 1861, by Jefferson Davis Back to Top