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Index
Cover
Frontispiece
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Epigraph
List of Illustrations
Author’s Note
Introductions: Tobacco-Stained Rugs and Benjamin Brown French
1. The Union Incarnate for Better and Worse: The United States Congress
2. The Mix of Men in Congress: Meeting Place of North and South
3. The Pull and Power of Violence: The Cilley-Graves Duel (1838)
4. Rules of Order and the Rule of Force: Dangerous Words and the Gag Rule Debate (1836–44)
5. Fighting for the Union: The Compromise of 1850 and the Benton-Foote Scuffle (1850)
6. A Tale of Two Conspiracies: The Power of the Press and the Battle over Kansas (1854–55)
7. Republicans Meet the Slave Power: Charles Sumner and Beyond (1855–61)
Epilogue: “I Witnessed It All”
Appendix A. A Word About Words: Party Abbreviations and Sectional Loyalties
Appendix B. A Note on Method: Constructing Fights and Deconstructing Emotions
Notes
Notes: Author’s Note
Notes: Introductions
Notes 1
Notes 2
Notes 3
Notes 4
Notes 5
Notes 6
Notes 7
Notes: Epilogue
Notes: Appendix B
Selected Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index
Also by Joanne B. Freeman
A Note About the Author
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