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Slavery, race, and conquest in the tropics : Lincoln, Douglas, and the future of Latin America / Robert E. May, Purdue University.

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"Slavery, Race, and Conquest in the Tropics challenges the way historians interpret the causes of the American Civil War. Using Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas's famed rivalry as a prism, Robert E. May shows that when Lincoln and fellow Republicans opposed slavery in the West, they did...

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Main Author: May, Robert E. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Slavery > Political aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Slavery > United States > Extension to the territories.
United States > Territorial expansion > History > 19th century.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Causes.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Political and social views.
Douglas, Stephen A. > (Stephen Arnold), > 1813-1861 > Political and social views.
Freed persons > Colonization > Latin America.

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