Slavery and Lincoln's War Unnecessary, Unconstitutional, Uncivil

This book is written in the fashion of a "chronicle" as a timeline of events regarding the development of chattel slavery from ancient times up to the adoption of the 14th amendment of the American Constitution. It also addresses "Lincoln's War". It is constructed based on the teachings of an 8th grade English teacher at Charleston High School in the late 1950's. She taught that in writing articles for the high school newspaper one should address five facts. They are "what happened, when did it happen, where did it happen, who was involved and who said what".