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No Taint of Compromise: Crusaders in Antislavery Politics (Antislavery; Abolition; and the Atlantic World)

audiobook No Taint of Compromise: Crusaders in Antislavery Politics (Antislavery; Abolition; and the Atlantic World) by Frederick J. Blue in History

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Based on years of exhaustive and meticulous research; David C. Keehn's study provides the first comprehensive analysis of the Knights of the Golden Circle; a secret southern society that initially sought to establish a slave-holding empire in the "Golden Circle" region of Mexico; the Caribbean; and Central America. Keehn reveals the origins; rituals; structure; and complex history of this mysterious group; including its later involvement in the secession movement. Members supported southern governors in precipitating disunion; filled the ranks of the nascent Confederate Army; and organized rearguard actions during the Civil War. The Knights of the Golden Circle emerged around 1858 when a secret society formed by a Cincinnati businessman merged with the pro-expansionist Order of the Lone Star; which already had 15;000 members. The following year; the Knights began publishing their own newspaper and established their headquarters in Washington; D. C. In 1860; during their first attempt to create the Golden Circle; several thousand Knights assembled in southern Texas to "colonize" northern Mexico. Due to insufficient resources and organizational shortfalls; however; that filibuster failed. Later; the Knights shifted their focus and began pushing for disunion; spearheading pro-secession rallies; and intimidating Unionists in the South. They appointed regional military commanders from the ranks of the South's major political and military figures; including men such as Elkanah Greer of Texas; Paul J. Semmes of Georgia; Robert C. Tyler of Maryland; and Virginius D. Groner of Virginia. Followers also established allies with the South's rabidly pro-secession "fire-eaters;" which included individuals such as Barnwell Rhett; Louis Wigfall; Henry Wise; and William Yancey. According to Keehn; the Knights likely carried out a variety of other clandestine actions before the Civil War; including attempts by insurgents to take over federal forts in Virginia and North Carolina; the activation of pro-southern militia around Washington; D. C. and a planned assassination of Abraham Lincoln as he passed through Baltimore in early 1861 on the way to his inauguration. Once the fighting began; the Knights helped build the emerging Confederate Army and assisted with the pro-Confederate Copperhead movement in northern states. With the war all but lost; various Knights supported one of their members; John Wilkes Booth; in his plot to abduct and assassinate President Lincoln. Keehn's fast-paced; engaging narrative demonstrates that the Knights proved more substantial than historians have traditionally assumed and provides a new perspective on southern secession and the outbreak of the Civil War.


#902302 in Books Louisiana State Univ Pr 2006-09-01 2006-09-01Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.92 x .67 x 6.08l; .95 #File Name: 0807132055320 pages


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