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Abolition and Slavery in the Civil War Debate
The article argues the war will dictate the fate of slavery, warning emancipation could rally a Northern army of freedmen and jeopardize the Confederacy. It discusses Kentucky’s Union stance, reactions to Breckinridge and Powell, and predicts upheaval in cotton markets and foreign reliance on free labor. It references England’s view of slavery’s economic role and foresees an eventual honorable peace through constitutional means.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Cuba
Spain
Dundkot
Wade
Masti
Welee
Ibis Mrue
Wehtan
England
Noth
Canada
Union
Godi
Washington
Kentucky
Crittenden
Anth Prentiss
Louisville
Dodge
Hoult
Breckinridge
Powell
Ohio
Indiana
London Watchman
Watehman
Todia
Col. Forney
Philadelphia
McClellan
Beauregard
Senate
Congress
Turrspar
Wheeling Intelligencer
Virginia
Dennison
Medicior
Me. C. Rionsmpenn
Alan
Ellen Waite
Elizabeth Crossan
Rich
Noune
Critenos
A. Weaver
Perry Davis
North Carolina
Perry Davis & Son
N.C
A. Kerbohm
D Reed
Clark
Turner Barone
Clarke