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Slavery and Four Years of War

by Joseph Warren Keifer

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  1. 1Dedication
  2. 2Preface
  3. 3Slavery and Four Years of War
  4. 4II | Introduction of Slavery Into the Colonies
  5. 5III | Declaration of Independence
  6. 6IV Continental Congress — Articles of Confederation 1774-1789
  7. 7V | Ordinance of 1787
  8. 8VI | Constitution of the United States
  9. 9VII | Causes of Growth of Slavery
  10. 10VIII Fugitive Slave Law — 1793
  11. 11IX | Slave Trade: Abolished by Law
  12. 12X | Louisiana Purchase
  13. 13XI | Florida
  14. 14XII Missouri Compromise — 1820
  15. 15XIII Nullification — 1832-3 (1835)
  16. 16XIV Texas — Admission Into the Union (1845)
  17. 17XV Mexican War — Acquisition of California and New Mexico 1846-8
  18. 18XVI Compromise Measures — 1850
  19. 19XVII Nebraska Act — 1854
  20. 20XVIII | Kansas’ Struggle for Freedom
  21. 21XIX Dred Scott Case — 1857
  22. 22XX John Brown Raid — 1859
  23. 23XXI | Presidential Elections, 1856-1860
  24. 24XXII | Dissolution of the Union
  25. 25XXIII Secession of States — 1860-1
  26. 26XXIV Action of Religious Denominations, etc — 1860-1
  27. 27XXV Proposed Concessions to Slavery — Buchanan’s Administration and…
  28. 28XXVI Peace Conference — 1861
  29. 29XXVII District of Columbia — Slavery Abolished — 1862
  30. 30XXVIII Slavery Prohibited in the Territories — 1862
  31. 31XXIX | Benton’s Summary
  32. 32XXX | Prophecy as to Slavery’s Fate: Also as to Disunion
  33. 33Chapter II — Sumter Fired on…
  34. 34Chapter III — Personal Mention — Occupancy of Western Virginia Unde…
  35. 35Chapter IV — Repulse of General Lee and Affairs of Cheat Mountain a…
  36. 36Chapter V — Union Occupancy of Kentucky…
  37. 37Chapter VI — Battle of Shiloh — Capture of Island No. 10 — Halleck’…
  38. 38Chapter IX — Commissioned Colonel of 110th Ohio Volunteers…
  39. 39Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil…
  40. 40Chapter I — General Observations on Antietam, Fredericksburg, and C…
  41. 41Chapter II — Invasion of Pennsylvania — Campaign and Battle of Gett…
  42. 42Chapter III — New York Riots, 1863…
  43. 43Chapter VII — Campaign South of James River and Petersburg…
  44. 44Chapter VIII — Personal Mention of Generals Sheridan, Wright, and R…
  45. 45Chapter IX — Battle of Fisher’s Hill — Pursuit of Early — Devastati…
  46. 46Chapter X — Battle of Cedar Creek, October 19, 1864, With Comments…
  47. 47Chapter XIII — Battle of Sailor’s Creek, April 6th…
  48. 48Appendices
  49. 49Appendix B
  50. 50Appendix C | Farewell Order
  51. 51Appendix D
  52. 52Appendix E
  53. 53Appendix F

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