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Niels Eichhorn offers a capacious transnational history of nineteenth-century separatist movements. His work is certain to deepen our understanding of the international dimensions of the American Civil War.--Andre Fleche, author of The Revolution of 1861: The American Civil War in the Age of Nationalist Conflict Niels Eichhorn has brilliantly succeeded in explaining Confederate Secession as the latest in a series of comparable and contemporaneous similar movements. In the process, he has also added a great deal to our understanding of the motivations of European immigrants for joining in the American Civil War.--Enrico Dal Lago, author of William Lloyd Garrison and Giuseppe Mazzini: Abolition, Democracy, and Radical Reform Liberty and Slavery deftly connects American secessionism and separatist movements in nineteenth-century Europe. Although separatists shared the same language of liberty, Eichhorn explores the different meanings those terms acquired on different sides of the Atlantic, making an important contribution to the scholarship on the international context of the American Civil War.--Paul Quigley, author of The Civil War and the Transformation of American Citizenship

Liberty and Slavery deftly connects American secessionism and separatist movements in nineteenth-century Europe. Although separatists shared the same language of liberty, Eichhorn explores the different meanings those terms acquired on different sides of the Atlantic, making an important contribution to the scholarship on the international context of the American Civil War.--Paul Quigley, author of The Civil War and the Transformation of American Citizenship Niels Eichhorn has brilliantly succeeded in explaining Confederate Secession as the latest in a series of comparable and contemporaneous similar movements. In the process, he has also added a great deal to our understanding of the motivations of European immigrants for joining in the American Civil War.--Enrico Dal Lago, author of William Lloyd Garrison and Giuseppe Mazzini: Abolition, Democracy, and Radical Reform Niels Eichhorn offers a capacious transnational history of nineteenth-century separatist movements. His work is certain to deepen our understanding of the international dimensions of the American Civil War.--Andre Fleche, author of The Revolution of 1861: The American Civil War in the Age of Nationalist Conflict

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Niels Eichhorn is assistant professor of history at Middle Georgia State University.

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