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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05339.04 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of letters pertaining to Stephen Duncan, a landowner, slaveholder, and financier in pre-Civil War America. |
| Title | Stephen Duncan to unknown discussing trouble between the North and South |
| Date | 14 January 1860 |
| Author | Duncan, Stephen (1787-1867) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Discusses impending trouble between the North and South. Remarks that "the South presents a more united front" than during any other period. Comments extensively on states' rights as guaranteed by the Constitution. Discusses some politicians' aim to break down the Democratic Party, attesting that such men "have no more sympathy for the negro- & no more hatred for slavery, than I have..." Criticizes Northerners for interfering with the issue of slavery. Notes a decline in the price of sugar and molasses. Requests numerous quantities of champagne. |
| Subjects | Civil War Secession US Constitution States' Rights Democratic Party Politics Slavery African American History Abolition Alcohol Diet and Nutrition Merchants and Trade Commerce Finance |
| People | Duncan, Stephen (1787-1867) |
| Place written | Natchez, Mississippi |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce; The American Civil War; Government & Politics; African Americans |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Additional Information | Stephen Duncan was a landowner, slaveholder, and financier in pre-Civil War America. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |