And the War Came: The Slavery Quarrel and the American Civil WarThis detailed account of slavery in America, from Jamestown through the Civil War, explains its economic importance in the North as well as the South, its impact on the political dynamics of the Civil War, and the moral dilemmas it posed--Provided by publisher. |
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... DECLARATION: LIBERTY, BUT NOT FOR ALL 2. UNITING AROUND A CONSTITUTION, AT A COST 3. THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE 4. A BESIEGED SOUTH CIRCLES THE WAGONS 5. THE “GAG” RULE FIGHT 6. THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT: ONE PARTY DEAD, THE OTHER SPLIT 7 ...
... DECLARATION: LIBERTY, BUT NOT FOR ALL 2. UNITING AROUND A CONSTITUTION, AT A COST 3. THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE 4. A BESIEGED SOUTH CIRCLES THE WAGONS 5. THE “GAG” RULE FIGHT 6. THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT: ONE PARTY DEAD, THE OTHER SPLIT 7 ...
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... against their absentee master, England — a similar move would have meant instant death for any slave espousing similar options in his master's domain. 1. THE DECLARATION: LIBERTY, BUT NOT FOR ALL In 1776,. 16 And the War Came.
... against their absentee master, England — a similar move would have meant instant death for any slave espousing similar options in his master's domain. 1. THE DECLARATION: LIBERTY, BUT NOT FOR ALL In 1776,. 16 And the War Came.
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... DECLARATION: LIBERTY,. BUT. NOT. FOR. ALL. In 1776, more than a year after hostilities had erupted with the British at Lexington and Concord, the Second Continental Congress of the American Col- onies convened for the second time at the ...
... DECLARATION: LIBERTY,. BUT. NOT. FOR. ALL. In 1776, more than a year after hostilities had erupted with the British at Lexington and Concord, the Second Continental Congress of the American Col- onies convened for the second time at the ...
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... Declaration of Independence for consideration by a committee of the Congress. A “declaration” was a traditional English vehicle for an emphatic statement or proclamation, dating as far back as the 14th century. Declarations were ...
... Declaration of Independence for consideration by a committee of the Congress. A “declaration” was a traditional English vehicle for an emphatic statement or proclamation, dating as far back as the 14th century. Declarations were ...
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... ..choose rather to. 19. John Adams, letter to Elbridge Gerry,July 14, 1814. 20. John Adams, letter to James Warren, July 24, 1775. 21. Peter Force, ed., AmericanArchives, vol. VI: 1131. 19 1. The Declaration: Liberty, but Not forAll.
... ..choose rather to. 19. John Adams, letter to Elbridge Gerry,July 14, 1814. 20. John Adams, letter to James Warren, July 24, 1775. 21. Peter Force, ed., AmericanArchives, vol. VI: 1131. 19 1. The Declaration: Liberty, but Not forAll.
Contents
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5 The Gag Rule Fight | 61 |
One Party Dead The Other Split | 71 |
7 Abraham Lincoln in Illinois | 83 |
Opportunity Squandered | 149 |
15 Slaughter at Fredericksburg Jubilee with Emancipation | 163 |
Lincolns Depression Grows | 175 |
The Writing on the Wall | 183 |
General Grant | 199 |
Something Went Out of the War | 211 |
20 Confederate Disaster in Tennessee And the 13th Amendment | 223 |
21 Lee Surrenders at Appomattox | 235 |
A Dark Horse | 93 |
9 Lincoln Elected Seven States Defected | 103 |
10 An Act of War | 113 |
Disillusion and Frustration | 121 |
LargeScale Killing Shocks the Nation | 131 |
McClellan spooked by Lee | 139 |
22 Lincoln Assassinated His Severe Task Done | 245 |
The Man John Quincy Adams was Looking For | 257 |
Selected Bibliography | 263 |
Index | 277 |
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And the War Came: The Slavery Quarrel and the American Civil War Donald J. Meyers Limited preview - 2005 |
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