Was Jefferson Davis Right?

by Kennedy, James Ronald; Kennedy, Walter Donald

• ISBN13: 9781565543706
• ISBN10: 156554370X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-05-01
• Publisher: Pelican Pub Co Inc

Summary

Jefferson Davis, captured, imprisoned, and charged with 1) conspiracy and culpability in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln; 2) conspiracy to cause the deaths of Northern P.O.W.'s at Andersonville, Georgia, a detention camp; 3) participating in and attempting to assist in the growth of the system of slavery; and 4) treason against the United States of America, was never afforded his constitutional right to a trial.

Table of Contents

Preface	7	(2)
Introduction	9	(4)
Jefferson Davis: The Early Years	13	(8)
Jefferson Davis: The Soldier	21	(14)
Jefferson Davis: The Planter	35	(10)
Jefferson Davis: The Statesman	45	(52)
Jefferson Davis: The Political Prisoner	97	(14)
Jefferson Davis: The Last Years	111	(14)
Conspiracy Allegations	125	(20)
The Federal Government's Teaching of Secession at West Point	145	(10)
The Character of President Davis's Accusers	155	(42)
The Motives of President Davis' Accusers	197	(20)
The Struggle to Prevent a Consolidated Federal Government	217	(24)
A Perpetual or Conditional Union	241	(14)
Secession as an American Political Principle	255	(14)
The Final Argument	269	(8)
Summary and Call to Action	277	(3)
Introduction to Addenda	280	(1)
Addendum I Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions of 1978	281	(5)
Addendum II Sovereign States Defy Unconstitutional Federal Acts	286	(5)
Addendum III President Franklin Pierce's Defense of State's Rights	291	(4)
Addendum IV Maryland Resolutions of 1861	295	(5)
Addendum V United States Supreme Court v. President Abraham Lincoln	300	(8)
Addendum VI Georgia Resolution of 1864	308	(4)
Addendum VII Appeal for Justice for Major Henry Wirz	312	(6)
Addendum VIII Recommended Reading	318	(1)
Notes	319	(22)
Bibliography	341	(6)
Index	347