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
... Charleston garrison. The cannonading was a rash act, hastily choreographed by the fledgling Confederate Government in Montgomery, Alabama. At 4:30 in the morning of April 12, 1861, in the charming and historical city of Charleston ...
... Charleston garrison. The cannonading was a rash act, hastily choreographed by the fledgling Confederate Government in Montgomery, Alabama. At 4:30 in the morning of April 12, 1861, in the charming and historical city of Charleston ...
Strana 8
... Charleston, which would become the largest slave market in the colonies, was settled in 1670 by settlers aboard the Carolina. They left England in three ships. Two were wrecked by hurricanes, and the third was crowded with the addition ...
... Charleston, which would become the largest slave market in the colonies, was settled in 1670 by settlers aboard the Carolina. They left England in three ships. Two were wrecked by hurricanes, and the third was crowded with the addition ...
Strana 10
... Charleston, South Carolina, land was valued at a penny an acre in 1690. A future planter did not require a fortune to become a great landowner and slaves virtually assured economic success to the venturesome. The growth of the ...
... Charleston, South Carolina, land was valued at a penny an acre in 1690. A future planter did not require a fortune to become a great landowner and slaves virtually assured economic success to the venturesome. The growth of the ...
Strana 11
... Charleston, bringing slaves from his island plantation to clear his land on the Ashley River. He became the first Governor of the state. In 1696, the colonial legislature in South Carolina passed a law asserting new “chattel” status for ...
... Charleston, bringing slaves from his island plantation to clear his land on the Ashley River. He became the first Governor of the state. In 1696, the colonial legislature in South Carolina passed a law asserting new “chattel” status for ...
Strana 12
... Charleston. In March, the field hands planted corn and sweet potatoes to feed the plantation and, in April, the rice fields were prepared. Rice exports from South Carolina soared from 12,000 lbs. in 1698 to 83 million lbs. in 1770 ...
... Charleston. In March, the field hands planted corn and sweet potatoes to feed the plantation and, in April, the rice fields were prepared. Rice exports from South Carolina soared from 12,000 lbs. in 1698 to 83 million lbs. in 1770 ...
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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...