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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... black cloud ahead of us.”1 Mary was the wife ofJames Chesnut, who had recently resigned as United States Senator from South Carolina. Now he was a staff officer serving Confed- erate General Beauregard, commander of the Charleston ...
... black cloud ahead of us.”1 Mary was the wife ofJames Chesnut, who had recently resigned as United States Senator from South Carolina. Now he was a staff officer serving Confed- erate General Beauregard, commander of the Charleston ...
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... blacks arrived inJamestown aboard a Dutch warship.8 They were treated as indentured servants and were the first Africans put to work by resident English colonists. The first American slave ship was launched in Marblehead,. 7 Prologue ...
... blacks arrived inJamestown aboard a Dutch warship.8 They were treated as indentured servants and were the first Africans put to work by resident English colonists. The first American slave ship was launched in Marblehead,. 7 Prologue ...
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... black people and left them hopelessly bereft and unable to fend for themselves. In the beginning, there was little ... blacks were treated as hereditary slaves. That same year the Virginia General Court sentenced two white runaway ...
... black people and left them hopelessly bereft and unable to fend for themselves. In the beginning, there was little ... blacks were treated as hereditary slaves. That same year the Virginia General Court sentenced two white runaway ...
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... market. 10. Hugh Thomas, The Slave Trade, The Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1440-1879, pp. 226-227. In the early decades of settlement, the distinction between blacks. 9 Prologue. Eight Thousand Years of Slavery.
... market. 10. Hugh Thomas, The Slave Trade, The Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1440-1879, pp. 226-227. In the early decades of settlement, the distinction between blacks. 9 Prologue. Eight Thousand Years of Slavery.
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... blacks and lower-class whites was not clear; but as opportunities in America proliferated, it became more difficult to attract indentured servants. Their conditions and treatment improved as their numbers declined. Meanwhile, the ...
... blacks and lower-class whites was not clear; but as opportunities in America proliferated, it became more difficult to attract indentured servants. Their conditions and treatment improved as their numbers declined. Meanwhile, the ...
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 |
And the War Came: The Slavery Quarrel and the American Civil War Donald J. Meyers Limited preview - 2005 |
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