Apostle of Union
Title | Apostle of Union PDF eBook |
Author | Matthew Mason |
Publisher | UNC Press Books |
Total Pages | 448 |
Release | 2016-09-02 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1469628619 |
Known today as "the other speaker at Gettysburg," Edward Everett had a distinguished and illustrative career at every level of American politics from the 1820s through the Civil War. In this new biography, Matthew Mason argues that Everett's extraordinarily well-documented career reveals a complex man whose shifting political opinions, especially on the topic of slavery, illuminate the nuances of Northern Unionism. In the case of Everett--who once pledged to march south to aid slaveholders in putting down slave insurrections--Mason explores just how complex the question of slavery was for most Northerners, who considered slavery within a larger context of competing priorities that alternately furthered or hindered antislavery actions. By charting Everett's changing stance toward slavery over time, Mason sheds new light on antebellum conservative politics, the complexities of slavery and its related issues for reform-minded Americans, and the ways in which secession turned into civil war. As Mason demonstrates, Everett's political and cultural efforts to preserve the Union, and the response to his work from citizens and politicians, help us see the coming of the Civil War as a three-sided, not just two-sided, contest.
Edward Everett, Orator and Statesman
Title | Edward Everett, Orator and Statesman PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Revere Frothingham |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 544 |
Release | 1925 |
Genre | Statesmen |
ISBN |
Selections from the Works of Edward Everett
Title | Selections from the Works of Edward Everett PDF eBook |
Author | Edward Everett |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 198 |
Release | 1839 |
Genre | |
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Biographical memoir [by Edward Everett] and speeches on various occasions
Title | Biographical memoir [by Edward Everett] and speeches on various occasions PDF eBook |
Author | Daniel Webster |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 636 |
Release | 1851 |
Genre | United States |
ISBN |
The Man Without a Country and Other Tales
Title | The Man Without a Country and Other Tales PDF eBook |
Author | Edward Everett Hale |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 312 |
Release | 1882 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Memoir [by Edward Everett] and speeches on various occasions
Title | Memoir [by Edward Everett] and speeches on various occasions PDF eBook |
Author | Daniel Webster |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 379 |
Release | 1903 |
Genre | United States |
ISBN |
Speech of the Hon. Edward Everett on American Institutions
Title | Speech of the Hon. Edward Everett on American Institutions PDF eBook |
Author | Edward Everett |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 38 |
Release | 1860 |
Genre | Fourth of July orations |
ISBN |