RT @ProfPaulPoast: More precisely, slavery is why the secession crisis of 1860-61 took place. As American Civil War historians will point…
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More precisely, slavery is why the secession crisis of 1860-61 took place. As American Civil War historians will point out, one must separate the Southern decision to secede and the Northern response to that decision. https://t.co/f85EoFrCzC
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Well, as I began to read, seems that option was considered and rejected. https://t.co/yNY1V9uMpG
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#OTD 153 years ago, Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. He is "the only president in our history whose entire administration was bounded by the parameters of war... [from Fort Sumter to the] fatal shot fired by John Wilkes Booth" —James M. McPherson https://