Author : Edward Payson Powell
Publisher : The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1584771321
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (847 download)
Book Synopsis Nullification and Secession in the United States by : Edward Payson Powell
Download or read book Nullification and Secession in the United States written by Edward Payson Powell and published by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.. This book was released on 2002 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of sucession and nullification movements in the United States from the nullification resolutions of 1798 to the American Civil War. Powell proposes that the secession of the southern states in 1861 was not a unique event in American history, but the culmination of a tradition as old as the nation. Indeed, he argues, it was an expression of the "intense individualism which was the most potent factor in the creation of the republic" (Preface). Sensitive to the continued animosity between the North and South, Powell hoped that the historical context provided by his study would help to promote a spirit of reconciliation. The six attempts at nullification and secession that he examines are: - the Nullification Resolutions of 1798 - the plot for a northern confederacy (1803-1804) - the Burr plot (1805-1806) - New England nullification and the Hartford Convention (1812-1814) - South Carolina's attempts at nullification (1832) - the secession of 11 states and creation of the confederacy (1861).