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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.
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Secession on Trial, Cynthia Nicoletti
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- 2017
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- Title
- Secession on Trial
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Cynthia Nicoletti
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Released
- 2017
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 356
- ISBN10
- 1108401538
- ISBN13
- 9781108401531
- Series
- Studies in Legal History
- Rating
- 4.35 out of 5
- Description
- 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.