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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... cent lost in shipwrecks). King Ferdinand of Spain, responding to the clamor of his colonists for more and more slaves, authorized shipment of slaves directly from Africa rather than through Spain. Spain controlled most of the world's ...
... cent lost in shipwrecks). King Ferdinand of Spain, responding to the clamor of his colonists for more and more slaves, authorized shipment of slaves directly from Africa rather than through Spain. Spain controlled most of the world's ...
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... cent of its income on sugar. Sugar was the most valuable single import, energizing conversation in coffee- houses and salons and invigorating soldiers in the Grand Armée of France. The bow wave of British naval preeminence cleared the ...
... cent of its income on sugar. Sugar was the most valuable single import, energizing conversation in coffee- houses and salons and invigorating soldiers in the Grand Armée of France. The bow wave of British naval preeminence cleared the ...
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... cent in the late 17th century, declining to ten per cent 50 years later and to less than six per cent 100 years later. The worst ailment was dysentery, or “the flux,” causing about a third of the deaths. Among the slaves, smallpox would ...
... cent in the late 17th century, declining to ten per cent 50 years later and to less than six per cent 100 years later. The worst ailment was dysentery, or “the flux,” causing about a third of the deaths. Among the slaves, smallpox would ...
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... cent in Virginia and from 17 to 61 per cent in South Carolina. In 1671, SirJohn Yeamans, a Barbados planter, who was raised in Bristol, England, arrived in Charleston, bringing slaves from his island plantation to clear his land on the ...
... cent in Virginia and from 17 to 61 per cent in South Carolina. In 1671, SirJohn Yeamans, a Barbados planter, who was raised in Bristol, England, arrived in Charleston, bringing slaves from his island plantation to clear his land on the ...
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... cent of the black people entering the American colonies disembarked in South Carolina. In the last half of that period, 1,108 slave ships arrived in Charleston harbor. Slaves also were landed in Rhode Island (particularly Newport), New ...
... cent of the black people entering the American colonies disembarked in South Carolina. In the last half of that period, 1,108 slave ships arrived in Charleston harbor. Slaves also were landed in Rhode Island (particularly Newport), New ...
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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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