Slavery: Cause and Catalyst of the Civil War: What caused the Civil War?

by U.S. Department of the Interior

The role of slavery in bringing on the Civil War has been hotly debated for decades. One important way of approaching the issue is to look at what contemporary observers had to say. In March 1861, Alexander H. Stephens, Vice President of the Confederates States of America, was quoted in the Savannah Republican: "The new constitution has put at rest, forever, all the agitating questions relating to our peculiar institution African slavery as it exists...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1503320405
• ISBN13: 9781503320406
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 28 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"