Cuban Annexation, Slave Power Paranoia, And the Collapse of the Democratic Party In Maine, 1850-1854

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https://doi.org/NaN

Keywords:

Cardenas Expedition, Bahia Honda Expedition, Manifest Destiny, tariffs, Hannibal Hamlin, sugar trade, John Bundy Brown, lumber, Franklin Pierce, Kansas-Nebraska Act

Abstract

This article reviews the impact of attempts to annex Cuba to the United States prior to the Civil and also the direct impact of this issue on the politics of the State of Maine.

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Published

1989-06-01

Issue

Vol. 29 No. 1 (1989): Maine History Journal

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Articles