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At the Brink: Confederate Conspirators or Peace Brokers in Canada?

By Heidi Bamford - January 23, 2014

Using period letters and primary sources, the author sheds light on the supposed “Niagara Falls peace negotiations” that were proposed less than a year before the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.

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