History of the Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America

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historical work multi-volume work nonfiction book

History of the Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America is a multi-volume 19th-century historical work by U.S. politician Henry Wilson that chronicles the political dominance of pro-slavery interests in the United States and the events leading to their defeat in the Civil War.

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Label	Occurrences
History of the Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America canonical	2
Slave Power	2

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Target entity: History of the Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America
Context triple: [Henry Wilson, notableWork, History of the Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America]

A. A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States
A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States is a mid-19th-century travel narrative and social commentary that examines the economy, society, and conditions of slavery in the American South.
B. Black Reconstruction in America
Black Reconstruction in America is W. E. B. Du Bois’s landmark historical study that reinterprets the Reconstruction era as a period of Black political agency and class struggle, challenging dominant racist narratives in U.S. historiography.
C. The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government
The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government is a two-volume historical and autobiographical account in which former Confederate president Jefferson Davis defends and explains the origins, conduct, and collapse of the Confederate States during the American Civil War.
D. American Negro Slave Revolts
American Negro Slave Revolts is a seminal historical study by Herbert Aptheker that documents and analyzes the resistance and uprisings of enslaved African Americans in the United States.
E. My Bondage and My Freedom
My Bondage and My Freedom is an 1855 autobiographical slave narrative by Frederick Douglass that expands on his earlier life story to offer a powerful critique of American slavery and racism.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: History of the Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America
Target entity description: History of the Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America is a multi-volume 19th-century historical work by U.S. politician Henry Wilson that chronicles the political dominance of pro-slavery interests in the United States and the events leading to their defeat in the Civil War.

A. A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States
A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States is a mid-19th-century travel narrative and social commentary that examines the economy, society, and conditions of slavery in the American South.
B. Black Reconstruction in America
Black Reconstruction in America is W. E. B. Du Bois’s landmark historical study that reinterprets the Reconstruction era as a period of Black political agency and class struggle, challenging dominant racist narratives in U.S. historiography.
C. The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government
The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government is a two-volume historical and autobiographical account in which former Confederate president Jefferson Davis defends and explains the origins, conduct, and collapse of the Confederate States during the American Civil War.
D. American Negro Slave Revolts
American Negro Slave Revolts is a seminal historical study by Herbert Aptheker that documents and analyzes the resistance and uprisings of enslaved African Americans in the United States.
E. My Bondage and My Freedom
My Bondage and My Freedom is an 1855 autobiographical slave narrative by Frederick Douglass that expands on his earlier life story to offer a powerful critique of American slavery and racism.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical work ⓘ multi-volume work ⓘ nonfiction book ⓘ
aimsTo	chronicle the political dominance of slaveholding interests ⓘ document the decline and destruction of the Slave Power ⓘ
author	Henry Wilson ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
describes	conflicts between free and slave states ⓘ growth of pro-slavery political influence in the United States ⓘ legislative battles over slavery ⓘ military defeat of the Confederacy ⓘ secession of Southern states ⓘ
firstVolumePublicationYear	1872 ⓘ
focusesOn	events leading to the defeat of the Slave Power in the Civil War ⓘ political dominance of pro-slavery interests in the United States ⓘ
genre	history ⓘ political history ⓘ
hasNotableFigureDiscussed	Abraham Lincoln ⓘ Andrew Johnson ⓘ Charles Sumner ⓘ Jefferson Davis ⓘ John C. Calhoun ⓘ Stephen A. Douglas ⓘ Thaddeus Stevens ⓘ Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ William H. Seward ⓘ
historicalPeriodCovered	American Civil War era ⓘ Antebellum period ⓘ Reconstruction era ⓘ
historicalReputation	important early synthesis of the political history of slavery in the United States ⓘ
influencedBy	Civil War era politics ⓘ antislavery movement ⓘ
lastVolumePublicationYear	1877 ⓘ
mainSubject	American Civil War ⓘ Slave Power ⓘ linked to: History of the Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America United States politics ⓘ slavery in the United States ⓘ
numberOfVolumes	3 ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
perspective	Republican Party viewpoint ⓘ antislavery perspective ⓘ
placeOfPublication	Boston ⓘ
publicationCentury	19th century ⓘ
publicationPeriod	1860s ⓘ 1870s ⓘ
publisher	James R. Osgood and Company ⓘ linked to: James R. Osgood & Co.
relatedTo	Republican Party (United States) ⓘ linked to: Republican Party United States Congress ⓘ abolitionism in the United States ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Henry Wilson → notableWork → History of the Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America ⓘ

Slave Power Controversy → relatedTo → Slave Power ⓘ

subject linked to: slave power controversy

linked to: History of the Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America

The Natick Cobbler → authored → History of the Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America ⓘ

History of the Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America → mainSubject → Slave Power ⓘ