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 1
... never prayed before. While her friends cheered the bombardment of federal Fort Sumter, from the rooftops of Charleston's fashionable Battery, Mary Chesnut confided her anxiety to her diary that April morning in 1861, the day of our ...
... never prayed before. While her friends cheered the bombardment of federal Fort Sumter, from the rooftops of Charleston's fashionable Battery, Mary Chesnut confided her anxiety to her diary that April morning in 1861, the day of our ...
Strana 3
... never discussed slavery, there existed no Divine condemnation of the institution. St. Paul recommended that slaves serve their masters with “fear and trepidation,” implying that liberty could only be expected in the next world. In his ...
... never discussed slavery, there existed no Divine condemnation of the institution. St. Paul recommended that slaves serve their masters with “fear and trepidation,” implying that liberty could only be expected in the next world. In his ...
Strana 15
... never losing hope for “the day of jubilee” in this one. At the end of the French and Indian War, in 1763, the British resorted to taxation of the colonies to help defray the costs of the war and the garrisoning of British soldiers to ...
... never losing hope for “the day of jubilee” in this one. At the end of the French and Indian War, in 1763, the British resorted to taxation of the colonies to help defray the costs of the war and the garrisoning of British soldiers to ...
Strana 22
... never put aside their rivalries long enough to form a united front. The North and the South were like England and France, close geographically but disparate culturally. On July 2 at 4:00 p.m., the Secretary of the Congress was asked to ...
... never put aside their rivalries long enough to form a united front. The North and the South were like England and France, close geographically but disparate culturally. On July 2 at 4:00 p.m., the Secretary of the Congress was asked to ...
Strana 25
... never really reconciled the dilemma, noted privately, “I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, and that his judgment cannot sleep forever...”30 The Congress adjourned for the day. The next day, July 4, the debate ...
... never really reconciled the dilemma, noted privately, “I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, and that his judgment cannot sleep forever...”30 The Congress adjourned for the day. The next day, July 4, the debate ...
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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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