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APUSH-13-H
The secession crisis
Resources: ConclusionResource Type: Primary Source Who's Who Resource Type: Primary Source James Buchanan (1791–1868). John J. Crittenden (1786-1863) Resource Type: Primary Source U.S. senator, U.S. attorney general, and governor of Kentucky. Crittenden was known for his calming and conciliatory demeanor; as senator he attempted to forge a compromise to avert the Civil War. His "Crittenden Compromise," proposed in December 1860, would have prohibited slavery north of the 36 30' line but allowed it to continue south of that, and would have prevented Congress from abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia and from regulating the interstate transportation of slaves. The compromise was rejected in the House and Senate. In July 1861, Crittenden proposed another resolution, which declared that the war would not interfere with the institution of slavery, and this was approved by both houses of Congress. Crittenden's Proposed Amendment Resource Type: Primary Source Abraham Lincoln has been elected President and the threat of secession hangs over the Union. What is Crittenden's plan? Response to the Crittenden Amendment Resource Type: Primary Source This editorial responds to Crittenden's proposal to amend the Constitution. Mississippi's Declaration of Secession Resource Type: Primary Source The first state to secede was South Carolina, doing so on December 20, 1860. Before the end of February, all the states of the Deep South (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas) had seceded. Lincoln's Letter to Horace Greeley Resource Type: Primary Source President Abraham Lincoln responds on August 22, 1862, to the publisher Horace Greeley, who three days earlier criticized the government for not making emancipation a key war aim. What Greeley did not know and what Lincoln in his letter does not divulge is that a draft of the Emancipation Proclamation was on Lincoln's desk as he wrote this letter to Greeley. Stringfellow's Biblical Justification for Slavery Resource Type: Primary Source In his 1860 book, Thornton Stringfellow explains what he sees as the biblical justification for slavery. General Benjamin Butler to General Winfield Scott Resource Type: Primary Source Two Union generals discuss emancipation. | | ||||||
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