Russell McClintock
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- July 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780807831885
- eISBN:
- 9781469603797
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/9780807886328_mcclintock
- Subject:
- History, American History: Civil War
When Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860 prompted several Southern states to secede, the North was sharply divided over how to respond. This book follows the decision-making process from bitter ...
More
When Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860 prompted several Southern states to secede, the North was sharply divided over how to respond. This book follows the decision-making process from bitter partisan rancor to consensus. From small towns to big cities and from state capitals to Washington, it highlights individuals both powerful and obscure to demonstrate the ways ordinary citizens, party activists, state officials, and national leaders interacted to influence the Northern response to what was essentially a political crisis. The book argues that although Northerners' reactions to Southern secession were understood and expressed through partisan newspapers and officials, the decision fell into the hands of an ever-smaller group of people until finally it was Lincoln alone who would choose whether the future of the American republic was to be determined through peace or by sword.Less
When Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860 prompted several Southern states to secede, the North was sharply divided over how to respond. This book follows the decision-making process from bitter partisan rancor to consensus. From small towns to big cities and from state capitals to Washington, it highlights individuals both powerful and obscure to demonstrate the ways ordinary citizens, party activists, state officials, and national leaders interacted to influence the Northern response to what was essentially a political crisis. The book argues that although Northerners' reactions to Southern secession were understood and expressed through partisan newspapers and officials, the decision fell into the hands of an ever-smaller group of people until finally it was Lincoln alone who would choose whether the future of the American republic was to be determined through peace or by sword.
Roberto Saba
- Published in print:
- 2021
- Published Online:
- May 2022
- ISBN:
- 9780691190747
- eISBN:
- 9780691205359
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- DOI:
- 10.23943/princeton/9780691190747.003.0003
- Subject:
- History, Latin American History
This chapter examines how shared anti-British sentiments created an alliance between Brazilian Liberals and American Republicans during the American Civil War. Whereas American diplomats took the ...
More
This chapter examines how shared anti-British sentiments created an alliance between Brazilian Liberals and American Republicans during the American Civil War. Whereas American diplomats took the Brazilian side in the geopolitical imbroglios of the time, American entrepreneurs invested in transportation infrastructure in Brazil and the two countries established steamship communication. Ultimately, the American Civil War transformed the international status of the United States, as it gave Northerners an opportunity to simultaneously confront Southern secession and European imperialism. For their part, Brazilian Liberals had no qualms about associating with the Union. Instead of submitting to proslavery Southerners or British abolitionists, new leaders rose in Brazil as they joined American antislavery reformers in charting a path forward.Less
This chapter examines how shared anti-British sentiments created an alliance between Brazilian Liberals and American Republicans during the American Civil War. Whereas American diplomats took the Brazilian side in the geopolitical imbroglios of the time, American entrepreneurs invested in transportation infrastructure in Brazil and the two countries established steamship communication. Ultimately, the American Civil War transformed the international status of the United States, as it gave Northerners an opportunity to simultaneously confront Southern secession and European imperialism. For their part, Brazilian Liberals had no qualms about associating with the Union. Instead of submitting to proslavery Southerners or British abolitionists, new leaders rose in Brazil as they joined American antislavery reformers in charting a path forward.
