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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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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.

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Continued from March 8 (reply #6).

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

Background on Ozias Hatch

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Continued from March 1 (reply #3) .

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

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Continued from March 19 (reply #10).

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