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The impending crisis of the South

Book • 1857
Published in 1857, *The Impending Crisis of the South* is a pivotal antislavery text that critiques slavery as an economic barrier to the South's development.

Helper argues that slavery benefits only wealthy plantation owners while harming small farmers and artisans.

The book was widely influential in the antislavery movement and contributed to Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860.

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Mentioned by Heather Cox Richardson as a key element that led to the Civil War.
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Heather Cox Richardson On What History Teaches Us About Fighting The Dark Energy Of The Human Soul

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