Download or read book The Missouri Compromise and Its Aftermath written by Robert Pierce Forbes and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2008 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With an ... examination of the shifting perceptions of slavery from the Monrovian Era to he Age of Jackson, [this book] demonstrates how the southern response to the Missouri debates quenched the surge of nationalism and confidence following the War of 1812 and inaugurated a new politics of racism and reaction.-Dust jacket.