Uneasy Rests The Masters: Strains From Below In The 1850s -- Getting Right With Slavery: The Drive For Unity -- Waiting For Lincoln: The Election Of 1860 -- Verdict Rendered: Lincoln Is Elected -- South Carolina Takes The Lead -- Deadlock And A Deepening Crisis -- Secessionist Surge: The Lower South Leaves -- The Upper South: Straddling The Divide -- The Confederacy: A Slaveholder's Republic -- From Waiting Game To War: Lincoln Takes Command. William L. Barney. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. Oxford Available Via World Wide Web.