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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... wrote, “Humanity is divided into two: the masters and the slaves...those who have the right to command and those who are born to obey,” while affirming that “a slave is property with a soul.”4 To the Romans, a slave was an object, and ...
... wrote, “Humanity is divided into two: the masters and the slaves...those who have the right to command and those who are born to obey,” while affirming that “a slave is property with a soul.”4 To the Romans, a slave was an object, and ...
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... wrote an essay (“A Modell of Christian Charity”) during the pilgrims' turbulent voyage across the Atlantic in 1630: God Almighty in His most holy and wise Providence has so disposed the condi- tion of mankind, as in all times some must ...
... wrote an essay (“A Modell of Christian Charity”) during the pilgrims' turbulent voyage across the Atlantic in 1630: God Almighty in His most holy and wise Providence has so disposed the condi- tion of mankind, as in all times some must ...
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... wrote home to England to seek guidance for treatment of a fellow member who had castrated one of his slaves. The reply admonished them not to risk dissension in the movement “over light or indifferent causes.” 12 The slave trade ...
... wrote home to England to seek guidance for treatment of a fellow member who had castrated one of his slaves. The reply admonished them not to risk dissension in the movement “over light or indifferent causes.” 12 The slave trade ...
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... wrote, We have likewise seen...sharks, of which a prodigious number kept about the ships...and I have been told will follow her hence to Barbadoes, for the dead Negroes that are thrown overboard in the passage.13 In the century before ...
... wrote, We have likewise seen...sharks, of which a prodigious number kept about the ships...and I have been told will follow her hence to Barbadoes, for the dead Negroes that are thrown overboard in the passage.13 In the century before ...
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... wrote to a friend in Boston, “A man of great fortune and piddling genius.”20 Dickinson had sided with the patriots before the Revolution but opposed separation now if it meant war with Britain. Most of the states favored moderation with ...
... wrote to a friend in Boston, “A man of great fortune and piddling genius.”20 Dickinson had sided with the patriots before the Revolution but opposed separation now if it meant war with Britain. Most of the states favored moderation with ...
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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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