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Page 97
... authority failed the mass of southern white people . As the war kept on , and as evidence of Confederate incompetence , corruption , and class bias mounted , there was a gradual withdrawal of support on the part of many southern whites ...
... authority failed the mass of southern white people . As the war kept on , and as evidence of Confederate incompetence , corruption , and class bias mounted , there was a gradual withdrawal of support on the part of many southern whites ...
Page 99
... authority . The other , possibly more important , response was a certain contempt for people back home - at least the speculators living in luxury . This feeling of being set apart from the civilian population , combined with the shared ...
... authority . The other , possibly more important , response was a certain contempt for people back home - at least the speculators living in luxury . This feeling of being set apart from the civilian population , combined with the shared ...
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... authority over a larger proportion of black agricultural workers than had antebellum planters . Control of both land and labor was hardly an assurance of social consensus . On the contrary , the planters were repeatedly confronted with ...
... authority over a larger proportion of black agricultural workers than had antebellum planters . Control of both land and labor was hardly an assurance of social consensus . On the contrary , the planters were repeatedly confronted with ...
Contents
A Reexamination Robert McColley | 11 |
Denmark Veseys Peculiar Reality William W Freehling | 25 |
Race and Slavery in Antebellum Northern Politics | 49 |
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