The election of 1800 and the election of 1860

The Declaration of Independence, the Gettysburg Address, and historians

The divided American mind on the eve of conflict: James Buchanan, Jefferson Davis, and Alexander Stephens survey the crisis

The mind of Lincoln's Inaugural and the argument and action of the debate that shaped it, I

The mind of Lincoln's Inaugural and the argument and action of the debate that shaped it, II

July 4, 1861: Lincoln tells why the Union must be preserved

Slavery, succession, and state rights: the political teaching of John C. Calhoun

Appendix: "The dividing line between Federal and local authority: popular sovereignty in the territories": a commentary.