Secession on Trial - Cynthia Nicoletti - Cambridge, 2017
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Secession on Trial
The Treason Prosecution Of Jefferson Davis
di Cynthia Nicoletti
Editore: Cambridge University Press
EAN: 9781108401531
ISBN: 1108401538
Pagine: 358
Formato: Paperback
This book focuses on the post-Civil War treason prosecution of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, which was seen as a test case on the major question that animated the Civil War: the constitutionality of secession. The case never went to trial because it threatened to undercut Union victory.