The dispute that resulted in the secession of eleven Southern states from the Union and the ensuing Civil War proximately concerned the geographical expansion of slavery, but ultimately bore on the existence of the institution of slavery itself. This paper asks why in 1861 after seventy years of...

The dispute that resulted in the secession of eleven Southern states from the Union and the ensuing Civil War proximately concerned the geographical expansion of slavery, but ultimately bore on the existence of the institution of slavery itself. This paper asks why in 1861 after seventy years of...

The dispute that resulted in the secession of eleven Southern states from the Union and the ensuing Civil War proximately concerned the geographical expansion of slavery, but ultimately bore on the existence of the institution of slavery itself. This paper asks why in 1861 after seventy years of...

Die Basler Firma Burckhardt & Cie. betrieb zwischen 1789 und 1812 einen weltweiten Grosshandel mit Tüchern, Baumwoll- und Farbstoffen, aber auch mit so genannten Kolonialwaren, Zucker, Kaffe und Kakao. Die geschäftlichen Aktivitäten der Burckhardts und die Integration ihres Hauses in das...