Events Leading up
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Antebellum America – Politics, Economics, and Society, 1820–1860
Antebellum Slavery – North vs. South
The Antebellum South – The Old South and Slavery, 1820–1860
The Old South – The Antebellum South
The Shaping of American in the Antebellum Age
Slavery and the Old South – Oppression and Resistance
See Also: Slavery and Industry, The Civil War
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