Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. Part 1
5. Part 1 Overview 5
6. 1 The Buckshot War 20
7. 2 How a Traitor to His Class Brought Rhode Island to the Brink of Civil War 37
8. 3 Bleeding Kansas and a Parade of Constitutions 66
9. Part 2
10. Part 2 Overview 93
11. 4 The Brooks-Baxter War 100
12. 5 A White Supremacist Revolution 137
13. 6 The Spirit of 1868 Resurrected? 170
14. Conclusion 201
15. Acknowledgments 217
16. Notes 219
17. Index 245
18. About the Author 253