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 2
... British. The son, a West Point graduate, a native of Kentucky, a man of Southern ante- cedents, had married a woman from Georgia, and was a slave-owner and Southern sympathizer...but on this night he would be loyal to his uniform, to ...
... British. The son, a West Point graduate, a native of Kentucky, a man of Southern ante- cedents, had married a woman from Georgia, and was a slave-owner and Southern sympathizer...but on this night he would be loyal to his uniform, to ...
Strana 6
... British naval preeminence cleared the way for England to capture most of the slave trade. In the Treaty of Utrecht (1713), following the War of the Spanish Succession, the British were awarded the “Asiento,” or the right to ship slaves ...
... British naval preeminence cleared the way for England to capture most of the slave trade. In the Treaty of Utrecht (1713), following the War of the Spanish Succession, the British were awarded the “Asiento,” or the right to ship slaves ...
Strana 8
... British or Irish origin, and obsessed with survival in their harsh environment) became masters of human beings, accepting, albeit with a tinge of reluctance, the fait accompli presented by the British Government which had kidnapped ...
... British or Irish origin, and obsessed with survival in their harsh environment) became masters of human beings, accepting, albeit with a tinge of reluctance, the fait accompli presented by the British Government which had kidnapped ...
Strana 9
... British Royal African Company was chartered in 1672 for the purpose trading English goods in West Africa for slaves primarily and then gold, ivory, and hardwood dyes. Their license extended for a thousand years. Evaluating their ...
... British Royal African Company was chartered in 1672 for the purpose trading English goods in West Africa for slaves primarily and then gold, ivory, and hardwood dyes. Their license extended for a thousand years. Evaluating their ...
Strana 14
... British demand nearly doubled the price of the crop late in the decade. For some 50 years before the Revolution, many slave-owners seriously considered abandoning slavery. They could have done so without great remorse, but they did not ...
... British demand nearly doubled the price of the crop late in the decade. For some 50 years before the Revolution, many slave-owners seriously considered abandoning slavery. They could have done so without great remorse, but they did not ...
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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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Strana 24 - And that this assemblage of horrors might want no fact of distinguished die, he is now exciting those very people to rise in arms among us, and to purchase that liberty of which he has deprived them, by murdering the people...