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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Strana 7
... arrived at a worse moment in the region's meteorological history. Severe drought withered the crops grown by Indians and white colonists alike. Only 38 of the 104 first-yearJamestown residents survived. In the next 18 years, 4800 out of ...
... arrived at a worse moment in the region's meteorological history. Severe drought withered the crops grown by Indians and white colonists alike. Only 38 of the 104 first-yearJamestown residents survived. In the next 18 years, 4800 out of ...
Strana 11
... arrived in Charleston, bringing slaves from his island plantation to clear his land on the Ashley River. He became the first Governor of the state. In 1696, the colonial legislature in South Carolina passed a law asserting new “chattel ...
... arrived in Charleston, bringing slaves from his island plantation to clear his land on the Ashley River. He became the first Governor of the state. In 1696, the colonial legislature in South Carolina passed a law asserting new “chattel ...
Strana 12
... arrived in South Carolina. Rice was not a food for the wealthy but it had two highly redeeming, practical qualities: It filled the stomachs of the world's overwhelming majority of poor people, the armies of Europe and gangs of workers ...
... arrived in South Carolina. Rice was not a food for the wealthy but it had two highly redeeming, practical qualities: It filled the stomachs of the world's overwhelming majority of poor people, the armies of Europe and gangs of workers ...
Strana 14
... arrived in Charleston harbor. Slaves also were landed in Rhode Island (particularly Newport), New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland. Aside from Rhode Island, few slaves were sold in New England — but investment in the slave ships and ...
... arrived in Charleston harbor. Slaves also were landed in Rhode Island (particularly Newport), New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland. Aside from Rhode Island, few slaves were sold in New England — but investment in the slave ships and ...
Strana 17
... arrived in Philadelphia around 1726, a runaway printer's apprentice from Boston. He arrived, with one Dutch Dollar in his pocket, at the city of then 10,000 souls. It occurred to some Southerners that fomenting a rebellion might involve ...
... arrived in Philadelphia around 1726, a runaway printer's apprentice from Boston. He arrived, with one Dutch Dollar in his pocket, at the city of then 10,000 souls. It occurred to some Southerners that fomenting a rebellion might involve ...
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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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