The Civil War pitted Americans against each other. The sectional divisions between the North and South caused tensions leading up to the Civil War, but the issue of slavery would ultimately lead to war. Tensions evolved between the North and South before the Civil War due to their difference in econ...
Pamphleteers North and South rarely mentioned the tariff, and when some did, for instance, Matthew Fontaine Maury and John Lothrop Motley, they were writing for a foreign audience. ... The fourth theory was advocated by Mississippi Senator Jefferson Davis, one of state sovereignty, also known as the "Calhoun doctrine," named after the South Carolinian political theorist and statesman John C. ...
Throughout the years, slavery has played a dominant role within the Cherokee Nation, inevitably affecting thousands of African Americans, American Indians, and Europeans alike. Within the last decade, a vicious battle has come alive between the Cherokee people and freedmen. These freedmen, who have been denied their right to remain within the Cherokee nation, are descendants of slaves held by the Native American tribe. The purpose of this research is to outline a brief history of slavery within the Cherokee Nation, key conflicts, and the resulting outcomes. Before Europeans journeyed to Nort...
Pamphleteers North and South rarely mentioned the tariff, and when some did, for instance, Matthew Fontaine Maury and John Lothrop Motley, they were writing for a foreign audience. ... The fourth theory was advocated by Mississippi Senator Jefferson Davis, one of state sovereignty, also known as the "Calhoun doctrine," named after the South Carolinian political theorist and statesman John C. ...