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Harper’s Weekly – March 20, 1858
Harper's Weekly archives ^ | 3/20/1858

Posted on 03/20/2018 4:50:55 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson

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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: civilwar
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Free Republic University, Department of History presents U.S. History, 1855-1860: Seminar and Discussion Forum
Bleeding Kansas, Dred Scott, Lincoln-Douglas, Harper’s Ferry, the election of 1860, secession – all the events leading up to the Civil War, as seen through news reports of the time and later historical accounts

First session: November 21, 2015. Last date to add: Sometime in the future.
Reading: Self-assigned. Recommendations made and welcomed. To add this class to or drop it from your schedule notify Admissions and Records (Attn: Homer_J_Simpson) by reply or freepmail.

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1 posted on 03/20/2018 4:50:55 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
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Senator James Mason, of Virginia – 1-2*
Contents – 2
How’s My Boy? – 3
Editorials – 3-4
The Lounger – 4-6
Scenes in Calcutta – 7-9
Canton and the Boat Girls – 9-10
Bridging the Continent – 11-15
Locked Out – 15-17
Fanny – 17
Miscellany – 17-18
The Earthquake at Naples – 19-21
Watching the Clock – 21
The Resurrectionist Story – 22
Kansas Sketches – 23-25

* James M. Mason Wikipedia page.

2 posted on 03/20/2018 4:52:45 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: Homer_J_Simpson

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3 posted on 03/20/2018 6:37:37 AM PDT by 4everontheRight (And the story began with..."Once there was a great nation......")
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To: Homer_J_Simpson
The fall of Canton was part of the Second Opium War. China's humiliating defeat led to several changes, the most important of which was the legalization of the opium trade, which made Gladstone furious. He felt history would eventually condemn Britain's action, which indeed it has.

Another consequence was ceding the maritime territory east of the Ussuri River to Russia, which led to the founding of Vladivostok.

Also, Kowloon was ceded to Britain to be part of the Hong Kong crown colony.

As you can see from the article, the American attitude at the time was generally supportive of Britain. Another consequence of the war was the transportation of Chinese indentured servants to America in British ships.

4 posted on 03/20/2018 4:24:14 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: colorado tanker
As you can see from the article, the American attitude at the time was generally supportive of Britain.

The US got some trade concessions from China as a result of the Opium War.

This year also marks the centennial of our little-known war with Paraguay.

5 posted on 03/20/2018 4:43:26 PM PDT by x
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Continued from March 8 (reply #6).

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Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1832-1858, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher

Background on Ozias Hatch

6 posted on 03/24/2018 6:16:12 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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Continued from March 1 (reply #3) .

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Nicole Etcheson, Bleeding Kansas: Contested Liberty in the Civil War Era

7 posted on 03/24/2018 6:18:54 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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Continued from March 19 (reply #10).

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The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas

8 posted on 03/24/2018 6:22:08 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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Regarding the Bleeding Kansas excerpt, the letter from Charles Robinson mentioned in the second paragraph was written on this date.


9 posted on 03/24/2018 6:40:01 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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I have mentioned it before but in the “future” the Robinson family will donate land just west of “present day” Lawrence to help found the University of Kansas. Rock, chalk, Jayhawk!


10 posted on 03/24/2018 1:51:13 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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Continued from March 24 (reply #7).

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Nicole Etcheson, Bleeding Kansas: Contested Liberty in the Civil War Era

11 posted on 03/26/2018 4:54:09 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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Would that we were half as passionate about defending our freedom as Samuel Walker and Co. were.

We need that kind of passion against the tyranny of the Delusional Lying Left to recover our country.


12 posted on 03/31/2018 1:48:24 PM PDT by Jim W N
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