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The failure of popular sovereignty slavery, manifest destiny, and the radicalization of southern politics /

As the expanding United States grappled with the question of how to determine the boundaries of slavery, politicians proposed popular sovereignty as a means of entrusting the issue to citizens of new territories. Christopher Childers now uses popular sovereignty as a lens for viewing the radicalizat...

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Main Author: Childers, Christopher.
Other Authors: Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State University. Libraries)
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, [2012]
Physical Description: xii, 334 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Series: American political thought.
Subjects:
Representative government and representation -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
States' rights (American politics) -- History -- 19th century.
Slavery -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Slavery -- United States -- Extension to the territories.
Manifest Destiny.
Missouri compromise.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865.
Southern States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865.
United States -- Territorial expansion -- Political aspects.

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