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 144
... negro slavery . There was a moral repug- nance to the thought of one man owning another , as a horse is owned , that could not be overcome by any amount of argu- ment . In vain the Southern defenders of their " peculiar institu- tion ...
... negro slavery . There was a moral repug- nance to the thought of one man owning another , as a horse is owned , that could not be overcome by any amount of argu- ment . In vain the Southern defenders of their " peculiar institu- tion ...
Page 371
... negro problem . A number of laws came from these deliberations , laws that varied slightly according to the prevailing conditions in the various states , but all intended to settle the status of the ex - slaves . A typical code was that ...
... negro problem . A number of laws came from these deliberations , laws that varied slightly according to the prevailing conditions in the various states , but all intended to settle the status of the ex - slaves . A typical code was that ...
Page 430
... negro legislators were bought and sold in all the Southern states . Zebulon B. Vance , of North Carolina , tells an amusing story of an elderly negro member of the legislature of his state who was found late at night in his room ...
... negro legislators were bought and sold in all the Southern states . Zebulon B. Vance , of North Carolina , tells an amusing story of an elderly negro member of the legislature of his state who was found late at night in his room ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Meet General Grant Meet General Grant, William E. Woodward Star book |
| Author | William E. Woodward |
| Publisher | H. Liveright, 1928 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 3 Sep 2008 |
| Length | 512 pages |
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