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 3
... Africa. The Athenians possessed slaves whom they enlisted to fight for them at Marathon, but they freed them before the battle. The Athenians were the first to discuss and explain slavery. Aristotle wrote, “Humanity is divided into two ...
... Africa. The Athenians possessed slaves whom they enlisted to fight for them at Marathon, but they freed them before the battle. The Athenians were the first to discuss and explain slavery. Aristotle wrote, “Humanity is divided into two ...
Strana 4
... African slaves were numerous, slaves were not identified by race. All skin pigments shared in the misery. Associating skin color or race with slavery was an intel- lectual sophistication only conceived in the New World in the late 18th ...
... African slaves were numerous, slaves were not identified by race. All skin pigments shared in the misery. Associating skin color or race with slavery was an intel- lectual sophistication only conceived in the New World in the late 18th ...
Strana 5
... Africa. The island was famous as the home of the Malvoisie grape, from which Madeira wine was made (Malmsey wine, to the English). Thus was consummated the long and unhappy marriage of slaves and sugar cane that would end in Louisiana ...
... Africa. The island was famous as the home of the Malvoisie grape, from which Madeira wine was made (Malmsey wine, to the English). Thus was consummated the long and unhappy marriage of slaves and sugar cane that would end in Louisiana ...
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... African, p. 76. While the slaves were generally fed nearly as well as. income of the lower classes in the mother countries. They valued this substance for its high calorie content and the sweet taste which enlivened the monotony of their ...
... African, p. 76. While the slaves were generally fed nearly as well as. income of the lower classes in the mother countries. They valued this substance for its high calorie content and the sweet taste which enlivened the monotony of their ...
Strana 7
... Africans would be given the gift of baptism, so that they might aspire to an after-life in the Christian heaven. For the English colonists, slaveholding became a way of life soon after their first landfall. Twenty years after the first ...
... Africans would be given the gift of baptism, so that they might aspire to an after-life in the Christian heaven. For the English colonists, slaveholding became a way of life soon after their first landfall. Twenty years after the first ...
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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 |
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