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The failure of popular sovereignty: slavery, manifest destiny, and the radicalization of southern politics

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2012

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A desire for self-government : slavery in the early American territories

"Shall the creature govern the creator"? : self-government and the Missouri Compromise

"Forgotten principles of their forefathers": retreat from the Missouri Compromise

"A fit of convulsions" : the Wilmot Proviso and slavery in the West

"Intended to delude the South" : northern Democrats redefine popular sovereignty

"Shall the conquered govern the conqueror"? : popular sovereignty in the Mexican cession

"A recurrence to first principles" : Kansas-Nebraska and popular sovereignty

"Moves on the political chess-board" : southerners redefine popular sovereignty

Epilogue : the demise of popular sovereignty and the crisis of the union.