And the War Came: The Slavery Quarrel and the American Civil WarAlgora Publishing, 2005 - Počet stran: 284 This 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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... Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data — Meyers, DonaldJ. And the war came : the slavery quarrel and the American Civil War / by DonaldJ. Meyers. p. cm. Summary: “This detailed account of slavery in America, from Jamestown through the ...
... Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data — Meyers, DonaldJ. And the war came : the slavery quarrel and the American Civil War / by DonaldJ. Meyers. p. cm. Summary: “This detailed account of slavery in America, from Jamestown through the ...
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... Congress voted to ban most trade with Great Britain. The five South Carolina delegates threatened to walk out unless an exception to the embargo was made for rice exports. The exception was made. It would become a major argument used by ...
... Congress voted to ban most trade with Great Britain. The five South Carolina delegates threatened to walk out unless an exception to the embargo was made for rice exports. The exception was made. It would become a major argument used by ...
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... Congress of the American Col- onies convened for the second time at the State House on Chestnut Street in Philadelphia. Despite repeated armed clashes during the past year, the colonies had not yet declared war nor proclaimed their ...
... Congress of the American Col- onies convened for the second time at the State House on Chestnut Street in Philadelphia. Despite repeated armed clashes during the past year, the colonies had not yet declared war nor proclaimed their ...
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... Congress convened, 500 vessels had sailed from England with 30-50,000 soldiers to put down the rebellion. King George was growing increasingly impatient with the American Colonies. When a British ship landed in Boston with three British ...
... Congress convened, 500 vessels had sailed from England with 30-50,000 soldiers to put down the rebellion. King George was growing increasingly impatient with the American Colonies. When a British ship landed in Boston with three British ...
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... Congress,John Adams would write fellow con- gressman Elbridge Gerry: “Five and forty years ago, when any terrible news arrived from England of their hostile designs against our liberties when the people, gaping and staring, pale and ...
... Congress,John Adams would write fellow con- gressman Elbridge Gerry: “Five and forty years ago, when any terrible news arrived from England of their hostile designs against our liberties when the people, gaping and staring, pale and ...
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3 The Missouri Compromise | 37 |
4 A Besieged South Circles the Wagons | 53 |
5 The Gag Rule Fight | 61 |
One Party Dead The Other Split | 71 |
7 Abraham Lincoln in Illinois | 83 |
A Dark Horse | 93 |
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 |
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 |
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And the War Came: The Slavery Quarrel and the American Civil War Donald J. Meyers Omezený náhled - 2005 |
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