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Lightner, David L., 1942-

Slavery and the commerce power how the struggle against the interstate slave trade led to the Civil War / [electronic resource] : David L. Lightner. - New Haven : Yale University Press, c2006. - xii, 228 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-219) and index.

A Continual Torment -- This Blind Mysterious Form of Words -- Are They Not the Lord's Enemies? -- Different Opinions at Different Times -- The Door to the Slave Bastille -- Little Will Remain to Be Done Except to Sing Te Deum -- Great and Terrible Realities -- The Friction and Abrasion of War.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Slave trade--History--United States--19th century.
Antislavery movements--History--United States--19th century.
Interstate commerce--History--United States--19th century.
Slavery--Political aspects--History--United States--19th century.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--History--Causes.--Civil War, 1861-1865

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: E442 / .L54 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 973.7/112