Calculating the value of the Union : slavery, property rights, and the economic origins of the Civil War / James L. Huston.

Author: Huston, James L., 1947-

Imprint:Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2003.

Descriptionxvii, 394 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Note:Slavery, property rights, and the American Revolution -- The origins of slaveholder aggressiveness -- Free labor and the competition of slaves -- The antislavery debate over property rights -- The constitutionality of slavery prohibition in the territories -- The politics of Southern upheaval, 1846-1853 -- The Northern realignment, 1854-1860.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-385) and index.

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