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Wolf by the Ears - The Missouri Crisis, 1819-1821 (Paperback)
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Wolf by the Ears - The Missouri Crisis, 1819-1821 (Paperback)
Series: Witness to History
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From the early days of the republic, American leaders knew that an
unpredictable time bomb-the question of slavery-lay at the heart of
national politics. An implicit understanding between North and
South helped to keep the issue at bay: northern states, where
slavery had been set on course for extinction via gradual
emancipation, tacitly agreed to respect the property rights of
southern slaveholders; in return, southerners essentially promised
to view slave holding as a practical evil and look for ways to get
rid of it. By 1819-1820, however, westward expansion had brought
the matter to a head. As Thomas Jefferson wrote at the time, a
nation dealing with the politically implacable issue of slavery
essentially held the "wolf" by the ears-and could neither let go
nor hang on forever. In Wolf by the Ears, John R. Van Atta
discusses how the sectional conflict that led to the Civil War
surfaced in the divisive fight over Missouri statehood. The first
organized Louisiana Purchase territory to lie completely west of
the Mississippi River and northwest of the Ohio, Missouri carried
special significance for both pro- and anti-slavery advocates.
Northern congressmen leaped out of their seats to object to the
proposed expansion of the slave "empire," while slave-state
politicians voiced outrage at the northerners' blatant sectional
attack. Although the Missouri confrontation ultimately appeared to
end amicably with a famous compromise that the wily Kentuckian
Henry Clay helped to cobble together, the passions it unleashed
proved vicious, widespread, and long lasting. Van Atta deftly
explains how the Missouri crisis revealed the power that slavery
had already gained over American nation building. He explores the
external social, cultural, and economic forces that gave the
confrontation such urgency around the country, as well as the
beliefs, assumptions, and fears that characterized both sides of
the slavery argument. Wolf by the Ears provides students in
American history with an ideal introduction to the Missouri crisis
while at the same time offering fresh insights for scholars of the
early republic.
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