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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... became slaves for several reasons: they were unfortunate enough to have been captives in endless wars; they were criminals sentenced to pay their debt to society; or they were poor and desperate people who sold themselves, or were sold ...
... became slaves for several reasons: they were unfortunate enough to have been captives in endless wars; they were criminals sentenced to pay their debt to society; or they were poor and desperate people who sold themselves, or were sold ...
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... became a mark of distinction to have slaves in a Portuguese household. In 1452, the Portuguese planted sugar cane on the Island. 5. William L. Andrews and Henry Louis Gates,Jr., eds., Slave Narratives, Olaudah Equiano, “The Interesting ...
... became a mark of distinction to have slaves in a Portuguese household. In 1452, the Portuguese planted sugar cane on the Island. 5. William L. Andrews and Henry Louis Gates,Jr., eds., Slave Narratives, Olaudah Equiano, “The Interesting ...
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... became a separate sweet course. Sugar began to be used as a preservative, like salt. It was common for a poor family to spend up to six per cent of its income on sugar. Sugar was the most valuable single import, energizing conversation ...
... became a separate sweet course. Sugar began to be used as a preservative, like salt. It was common for a poor family to spend up to six per cent of its income on sugar. Sugar was the most valuable single import, energizing conversation ...
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... became a way of life soon after their first landfall. Twenty years after the first settlers disappeared without a trace on Roanoke Island, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement took root at Jamestown in 1607. James I ruled ...
... became a way of life soon after their first landfall. Twenty years after the first settlers disappeared without a trace on Roanoke Island, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement took root at Jamestown in 1607. James I ruled ...
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... became masters of human beings, accepting, albeit with a tinge of reluctance, the fait accompli presented by the British Government which had kidnapped these black people and left them hopelessly bereft and unable to fend for themselves ...
... became masters of human beings, accepting, albeit with a tinge of reluctance, the fait accompli presented by the British Government which had kidnapped these black people and left them hopelessly bereft and unable to fend for themselves ...
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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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