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The Dred Scott Decision Further Divides The Nation
A Southerner Attacks Slavery On Behalf Of “Plain White Folks”
William Walker’s Filibuster Of Nicaragua Collapses
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John Brown’s Plan To Attack Harper Ferry Hits A Roadblock
CHAPTER 208
The “Panic Of 1857” Rocks The Economy
Douglas And Seward Debate The “Crisis In Kansas”
James Buchanan Becomes America’s Fifteenth President
The Marais des Cygnes Massacre Again Enflames Kansas
James Buchanan’s Term
The South’s Economic Future Hinges On The Expansion Of Slavery
Disagreement Over “Party Goals” Divides The Know Nothings
Buchanan Moves To “Clean Up Utah”
The Republican Hold Their Formal “Organizing Meeting” In Pittsburgh
The Nation Is Shocked By A Brutal Assault In The Senate On Charles Sumner
John Brown Advances His Plan To Lead A Slave Rebellion In Virginia
Kansas Voters Ratify The Topeka Constitution Banning All Blacks From Residency
Open Warfare Breaks Out Across Kansas
Pierce Fires Governor Shannon Amidst Further Battles In “Bloody Kansas”
Georgia’s Robert Toombs Makes The “States Rights” Case For Slavery In Boston
The Topeka Constitution Calls For A Free State Excluding All Blacks
The “Toomb’s Bill” Offers A Southern Compromise On Kansas But It Fails to Pass In The House
Governor Geary Resigns And Robert Walker Is Sent To Kansas
CHAPTER 221
Pierce Sends Federal Troops To Disband The Topeka Legislature
The Free State Party Wins Official Control Over The Kansas Legislature
After 133 Ballots The New House Selects A “Know-Nothing” As Speaker
John Brown Recruits His First Ten Troops For His Virginia Raid
Know Nothings And Catholics Battle On “Bloody Monday” In Louisville
The “English Bill” Tries To Save The Lecompton Constitution
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Governor John Geary Quells The Open Warfare In Kansas
Douglas Thwarts Buchanan’s Attempt To Push Lecompton Through Congress
CHAPTER 229
The “Mountain Meadow Massacre” Further Inflames Anti-Mormon Sentiment
James Henry Hammond Tells The North That “Cotton Is King”
Kansas Voters Reject The Pro-Slavery Lecompton Constitution
But Buchanan Still Tries To Save It
The “Wakarusa War” Presages Greater Violence To Come In Kansas
The Public Views Buchanan’s Pardon Of “The Treasonous” Mormons One More Feeble Capitulation
Pierce Delivers His Message On “The Disturbances In Kansas”
A Small Group Of Republicans Meet To Formulate Election Strategies
The Political Parties Convene To Select Candidates For The 1856 Races
Pierce Fires Governor Reeder And Anti-Black Racist James Henry Lane Joins The Free State Movement
The Pro-Slavery Lecompton Constitution Is Written And Governor Walker Is Sacked