Henry Clay, the American System, and the Politics of Liberty in Antebellum America
ABSTRACT
Conferees examined political thought and practice in early and mid-nineteenth-century America through the thought and political battles of Henry Clay, who helped shape American policy from the War of 1812 until the 1850s.
READING LIST
Conference Readings
Watson, Harry L., eds. Andrew Jackson vs. Henry Clay: Democracy and Development in Antebellum America. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 1998.
Clay, Henry. The Papers of Henry Clay, Volume 10: Candidate, Compromiser, Elder Statesman, January 1, 1844-June 29, 1852. Edited by Melba Porter Hay. Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1991.
Clay, Henry. The Papers of Henry Clay, Volume 2: The Rising Statesman, 1815-1820. Edited by James F. Hopkins. Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1961.
Clay, Henry. The Papers of Henry Clay, Volume 3: Presidential Candidate, 1821-1824. Edited by James F. Hopkins. Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1963.
Clay, Henry. The Papers of Henry Clay, Volume 8: Candidate, Compromiser, Whig, March 5, 1829-December 31, 1836. Edited by Robert Seager II. Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1984.
Clay, Henry. The Papers of Henry Clay, Volume 9: The Whig Leader, January 1, 1837-December 31, 1843. Edited by Robert Seager II. Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1988.
Howe, Daniel Walker. The Political Culture of the American Whigs. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1979.
Lincoln, Abraham. The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, Volume II. Edited by Roy Basler. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1953.