Posted on 06/01/2018 4:52:16 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
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.
* Final votes in U.S. House and Senate on the Kansas bill. The territory is to be admitted as a slave state, with the this condition: “It will be noted that, by the provisions of this bill, if the Lecompton Constitution as passed ‘with Slavery’ is rejected, the admission of Kansas, as a State, into the Union is postponed for an indefinite period.”
“The voluminous correspondence between Mr. Cass and Lord Napier respecting the Slave-trade has been published by order of the Senate.”
“The yellow fever broke out on board the steam frigate Susquehanna while lying at Greytown, Nicaragua. The vessel left for Pensacola, but being short of coals and medical stores, put in at Kingston, Jamaica. Before reaching this port 155 cases of fever occurred, of which 17 proved fatal.”.
News from abroad is also presented.
Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1832-1858, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher
As opposed to today’s publications, the 1858 subscriber to Harper’s actually learned what was going on in our country and around the world.
In those days, we still had the Framers’ Congress, an institution that knew its duty.
Oh, and thanks for your previous, several year postings re WWII.
It’s interesting to see a major political party in it’s infancy. The newly minted Republicans are still feeling each other out, getting to know one another.
They might be on the verge of an accelerated learning curve period.
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