The Present Position Of The Seceded States And The Rights And Duties Of The General Government In

by Slavery Alpheus Crosby

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First edition

Disbound. First edition of this powerful and timely address delivered just three months after the end of the American Civil War. A respected classicist, professor, and public intellectual, Alpheus Crosby offers a sober and principled argument concerning the reintegration of the Southern states into the Union. Rejecting both harsh retribution and passive leniency, Crosby emphasizes the constitutional and moral responsibilities of the federal government in the

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