When that failed, he committed suicide in his apartment in 1909.
This man was Lincoln's consul to Argentina, and after the war, he proposed the "Three Americas Railway" to link South America with Alaska. When that failed, he committed suicide in his apartment in 1909. A virulent white supremacist, his own book was ironically burned by Southerners, who accused him of attempting to start class warfare. His best known book is an 1857 tome that condemns slavery, but for hampering economic development, not for its immorality. For 10 points, name this author of The Impending Crisis of the South.
This man was Lincoln's consul to Argentina, and after the war, he proposed the "Three Americas Railway" to link South America with Alaska.
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