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Author Huston, James L., 1947-

Title Calculating the value of the Union : slavery, property rights, and the economic origins of the Civil War / James L. Huston.

Publication Info. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2003]
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Location Call No. Status
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  973.71 H972C    Check Shelf
Description xvii, 394 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Series Civil War America
Civil War America.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-385) and index.
Contents Slavery, property rights, and the American Revolution -- The origins of slaveholder aggressiveness -- Free labor and the competition of slaves -- The antislavery debate over property rights -- The constitutionality of slavery prohibition in the territories -- The politics of Southern upheaval, 1846-1853 -- The Northern realignment, 1854-1860.
Subject Slavery -- Economic aspects -- United States -- History.
Right of property -- United States -- History.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Economic aspects.
ISBN 0807828041 cloth alkaline paper
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