| I. | Rise of American Slavery: Growth of |
| | the Traffic | [11] |
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| II. | Webster and Calhoun: The Battle Line |
| | in Array | [40] |
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| III. | Garrison and Phillips: Anti-Slavery |
| | Agitation | [68] |
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| IV. | Charles Sumner: The Appeal to Educated |
| | Men | [95] |
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| V. | Horace Greeley: The Appeal to the |
| | Common People | [117] |
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| VI. | Harriet Beecher Stowe; John Brown: |
| | The Conflict Precipitated | [136] |
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| VII. | Lincoln and Douglas: Influence of the |
| | Great Debate | [160] |
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| VIII. | Reasons for Secession: Southern Leaders | [188] |
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| IX. | Henry Ward Beecher: The Appeal to |
| | England | [212] |
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| X. | Heroes of Battle: American Soldiers |
| | and Sailors | [242] |
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| XI. | The Life of the People at Home Who |
| | Supported the Soldiers at the Front | [263] |
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| XII. | Abraham Lincoln: The Martyred President | [288] |
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| | Index | [327] |