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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... North America with 3000 slaves, mostly black, serving 3800 free whites. There were some who voiced their dismay. Benjamin Lay, a hunchback from Colchester, England, who had lived in Barbados and seen slavery in oper- ation first-hand ...
... North America with 3000 slaves, mostly black, serving 3800 free whites. There were some who voiced their dismay. Benjamin Lay, a hunchback from Colchester, England, who had lived in Barbados and seen slavery in oper- ation first-hand ...
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... North Carolina, annual exports of tobacco surged from 20,000 lbs. in 1619 to 39 million lbs. in 1700, before peaking at 60 million lbs. Virginia and Maryland led all other mainland colonies in the value of their exports to England ...
... North Carolina, annual exports of tobacco surged from 20,000 lbs. in 1619 to 39 million lbs. in 1700, before peaking at 60 million lbs. Virginia and Maryland led all other mainland colonies in the value of their exports to England ...
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... North. As the “fathers” of their plantation families, masters granted themselves the right to meddle in their slaves' most intimate affairs, demanded obedience, and relegated the slaves to permanent childhood. While the North did not ...
... North. As the “fathers” of their plantation families, masters granted themselves the right to meddle in their slaves' most intimate affairs, demanded obedience, and relegated the slaves to permanent childhood. While the North did not ...
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... North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. Georgia had forbidden the import of slaves until 1751, when slave-owning was permitted to allow for the culti- vation of rice along the Savannah River. Since rice grain was so versatile ...
... North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. Georgia had forbidden the import of slaves until 1751, when slave-owning was permitted to allow for the culti- vation of rice along the Savannah River. Since rice grain was so versatile ...
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... North, these taxes had little effect on Southern plantation owners because most of what the plantation consumed was manufactured on site, and was not taxed. In 1774, the First Continental Congress voted to ban most trade with Great ...
... North, these taxes had little effect on Southern plantation owners because most of what the plantation consumed was manufactured on site, and was not taxed. In 1774, the First Continental Congress voted to ban most trade with Great ...
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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 |
And the War Came: The Slavery Quarrel and the American Civil War Donald J. Meyers Omezený náhled - 2005 |
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