Provides scholars with a fresh and thoughtful examination of the first administration that had to deal with Southern secession. Jonathan M. Atkins, author of Parties, Politics, and the Sectional Conflict in Tennessee, 1832 1861In 1856, the violence that swept Bleeding Kansas and the brutal beating of Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner on the floor of the Senate reflected the anger and mistrust of a people divided over slavery. Whispers of disunion now became audible. In the midst of this rising crisis, Americans chose James Buchanan to provide the leadership that might calm...
Provides scholars with a fresh and thoughtful examination of the first administration that had to deal with Southern secession. Jonathan M. Atkins, au...
