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Journal Of The Missouri State Convention, Held At The City Of St. Louis, January 6-April 10, 1865

Journal Of The Missouri State Convention, Held At The City Of St. Louis, January 6-April 10, 1865

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General ReferenceRegional: WestUnited States Politics

ISBN10: 9354488706
ISBN13: 9789354488702
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 15 2021
Pages: 292
Weight: 0.95
Height: 0.66 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
At the very moment the American Civil War convulsed the nation, Missouri's leaders gathered in St Louis to decide the state's future. History in its raw form. The Journal Of The Missouri State Convention, Held At The City Of St. Louis, January 6-April 10, 1865 is a civil war era journal of constitutional convention proceedings that tracks, day by day, how a divided border state confronted slavery, loyalty, and power. From procedural motions to recorded votes and formal resolutions, these historic government records illuminate 1865 Missouri politics, the intensity of Missouri slavery abolition debates, and the pressures of civil war state politics at a moment when St Louis was a strategic centre of the conflict. For readers today, it serves as a primary source for researchers and a richly detailed reference for historians, legal scholars, and anyone tracing Missouri civil war history from the inside. This contemporaneous account of reconstruction constitutional reform in a former slave state stands alongside the most revealing American Civil War documents, shedding light on how national policy was translated into state law in one of the war's most contested theatres. It is essential reading for those interested in St Louis Civil War events, 1865 Missouri politics, and the enduring legacy of these debates for modern constitutional thought. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint -- a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

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