John C. Calhoun was the seventh Vice President of the United States from 1825 to 1832. He was a strong defendant of slavery and of Southern values versus Northern threats. His beliefs and warnings heavily influenced the South's secession from the Union in 1860–1861. This is volume five out of six of his works, this one containing reports and letters (1811-1846).
The Works of John C. Calhoun Volume 5
Works of John C. Calhoun Volume 5
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
Selected Writings and Speeches John Caldwell Calhoun H. Lee Cheek. Ericson , David F. The Shaping of American Liberalism : The Debates Over Ratification , Nullification and Slavery . Chicago : University of Chicago Press , 1993 .
In the first full-scale biography of Calhoun in almost half a century, John Niven skillfully presents a new interpretation of this preeminent spokesman of the Old South.
Calhoun's most important constitutional and political writings are now available as complete, unabridged texts and in a single volume, many for the first time since the 1850s. These writings address...
“A List of Tithables Sent to the Lords of Trade, 1756,” in Robert Dinwiddie, The Official Records of Robert Dinwiddie, Lieutenant-Governor of the Colony of Virginia, 1751–1758 (Richmond, 1883), 2:352. Turk McClesky provides an in-depth ...