The Causes Of The American Civil War: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Causes Of The American Civil War, credited to John Lothrop Motley, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of The Causes Of The American Civil War by John Lothrop Motley. Read in English by David Wales John Lothrop Motley (1814 – 1877) was an American author and popular diplomat, who helped to prevent European intervention on the side of the Confederates in the American Civil War. In 1861, just after the outbreak of the American Civil War, Motley wrote two letters to The Times defending the Federal position, and these letters, afterwards reprinted as [this] pamphlet entitled Causes of the Civil War in America, made a favourable impression on President Lincoln. Partly owing to this essay, Motley was appointed United States minister to the Austrian Empire in 1861, a position which he filled with distinction, working with other American diplomats such as John Bigelow and Charles Francis Adams to help prevent European intervention on the side of the Confederacy in the American Civil War. He resigned this position in 1867. Two years later, he was sent to represent his country as Ambassador to the United Kingdom. - Summary by David Wales

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Causes Of The American Civil War
• Author credits: John Lothrop Motley
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 2
• Listed recording duration: 1:07:28

Catalogue topics

• American civil war
• civil war
• U.S. History
• nineteenth century
• analysis
• causes

Track guide

1. 01 - 1 — 29:54
2. 02 - 2 — 37:35

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