The Divided UnionUsing only the portions relating to the Civil War years and omitting those about the Reconstruction era, the author has revised the original work in the light of contemporary scholarship. |
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DISTRIBUTION OF SLAVE POPULATION 1850 | 66 |
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1860 | 134 |
CHARLESTON HARBOR | 175 |
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