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The Dred Scott Case

 

Uncle Tom's Cabin & American Culture

 

Crisis at Fort Sumter

 

Map of Territorial Growth, 1860

 

Map of the 1860 Presidential Election

 

Excerpts from The Roving Editor, Or Talks with Slaves in the Southern States (1859) by James

Redpath (NB: The site has a commercial character)

 

Crisis at Fort Sumter

 

The Pony Express Home Station

 

North Georgia Before the War

 

The Crittenden Compromise (courtesy of Jim Epperson)

 

Causes of the Civil War (much more information from Jim Epperson, including resolutions, party platforms, and contemporary speeches)

 

The Impending Crisis (from "Valley of the Shadow")