Meet General GrantAmerikansk historie, USA's historie, amerikansk biografi om General Ulysses S. Grant, 1822-1889, som først havde en militær karriere, bl.a. i Mexican War, og blev en berømt general i Nordstatshæren, Union Army, under den Amerikanske Borgerkrig, 1861-1865, og senere endte som amerikansk president. Beskriver hans liv, levnedsløb og militære og politiske karriere. Udkom i 1928. |
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Page 148
... South . Mr. Helper was a poor white who had educated himself ; his point of view was that of the Southerner who did not own slaves . The Impending Crisis is crammed with figures , and argu- ments based on statistics . It is an economic ...
... South . Mr. Helper was a poor white who had educated himself ; his point of view was that of the Southerner who did not own slaves . The Impending Crisis is crammed with figures , and argu- ments based on statistics . It is an economic ...
Page 435
... South Carolina to be in a state of rebellion and put them under martial rule . During the next two years more than a thousand people in the South as a whole were tried and convicted under the Ku - Klux Act . Ten years later the Su ...
... South Carolina to be in a state of rebellion and put them under martial rule . During the next two years more than a thousand people in the South as a whole were tried and convicted under the Ku - Klux Act . Ten years later the Su ...
Page 436
... South , and the great majority are ready now to condemn any interference on the part of the government . The Reconstruction program fell into disfavor in the North , but its complete failure was due to the resistance of the South- ern ...
... South , and the great majority are ready now to condemn any interference on the part of the government . The Reconstruction program fell into disfavor in the North , but its complete failure was due to the resistance of the South- ern ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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