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Some Views Of Slavery From The Writings Of Virginia Authors, 1824-1865, Josephine Mary Logan
Some Views Of Slavery From The Writings Of Virginia Authors, 1824-1865, Josephine Mary Logan
Master's Theses
The period from 1824 to 1865 was a most critical one in the history of the United States. It was during those years that issues of great magnitude arose. After a period of discussion, views crystallized and finally became fundamental beliefs in the minds of the people of both the North and tho South. The result of those beliefs culminated in the Civil war. Tho issues were concerned chiefly with the question or states' rights, tho protective tariff, and, last but not least, with that of African slavery.
In Virginia, which had been the first of tho English colonies in …