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7. The “House Divided” and Civil-War Causation

  • David F. Ericson
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The Debate Over Slavery
This chapter is in the book The Debate Over Slavery
© 2020 New York University Press, New York, USA

© 2020 New York University Press, New York, USA

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. Part I
  5. 1. The Liberal Consensus Thesis and Slavery 1
  6. 2. The Antislavery and Proslavery Arguments 14
  7. Part II
  8. 3. Child, Douglass, and Antislavery Liberalism 39
  9. 4. Wendell Phillips 62
  10. Part III
  11. 5. Dew, Fitzhugh, and Proslavery Liberalism 93
  12. 6. James H. Hammond 121
  13. Part IV
  14. 7. The “House Divided” and Civil-War Causation 157
  15. Notes 167
  16. Index 235
  17. About the Author 241
https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814722909.003.0010

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. Part I
  5. 1. The Liberal Consensus Thesis and Slavery 1
  6. 2. The Antislavery and Proslavery Arguments 14
  7. Part II
  8. 3. Child, Douglass, and Antislavery Liberalism 39
  9. 4. Wendell Phillips 62
  10. Part III
  11. 5. Dew, Fitzhugh, and Proslavery Liberalism 93
  12. 6. James H. Hammond 121
  13. Part IV
  14. 7. The “House Divided” and Civil-War Causation 157
  15. Notes 167
  16. Index 235
  17. About the Author 241
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