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The California Gold Rush and the Coming of the Civil War by Leonard L. Richards (2007, E-book)

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From award-winning historian Leonard L. Richards, an authoritative and revealing portrait of an overlooked harbinger of the terrible battle yet to come. When gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill in 1848, Americans of all stripes saw the potential for both wealth and power. Among the more calculating were Southern slave owners. By making California a slave state, they could increase the value of their slaves by 50 percent at least, and maybe much more. They could also gain additional influence in Congress and expand Southern economic clout, abetted by a new transcontinental railroad that would run through the South. Yet, despite their machinations, California entered the union as a free state. Disillusioned Southerners would agitate for even more slave territory, leading to the Kansas-Nebraska Act and, ultimately, to the Civil War itself. "From the Trade Paperback edition.""

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1299118232
ISBN-13
9781299118232
eBay Product ID (ePID)
204151942

Product Key Features

Book Title
California Gold Rush and the Coming of the Civil War
Author
Leonard L. Richards
Format
eBook
Language
English
Topic
United States / 19th Century, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY)
Publication Year
2007
Genre
History

Additional Product Features

eBook Format
Myilibrary
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
979.4/04
Dewey Edition
22

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