The American Civil War

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This paper argues that the thesis that the American Civil War was not an inevitable war as many modern day, particularly black, historic revisionists propound, is a totally untenable thesis to maintain. The paper argues that their goal in attempting to revise history is to over- emphasize the role of the Negro where the war was concerned. Slavery, although an issue in contention, was not, could not, nor should not be considered the centerpiece of this much broader constitutional issue related war.

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Abstract
Introduction and Thesis
Republican Party Platform of 1856
Republican Party Platform 1860
The Election and Other Debates 1860
The Last Ditch Efforts
Conclusion
Bibliography

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"Basically it called for setting aside a territory somewhere in the South (the resolution gives the exact boundaries) wherein slave holding would be legalized with only one provision. This was that once the African population reached an agreed upon number for representation in the houses of Congress then they be granted full statehood rights and self determination like any other sovereign state of the Union."

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