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 6
... houses and salons and invigorating soldiers in the Grand Armée of France. The bow wave of 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 ...
... houses and salons and invigorating soldiers in the Grand Armée of France. The bow wave of 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 ...
Strana 10
... houses, churches, colleges, taverns, racetracks, and private clubs. The concept of class distinction and “place” in society became as firmly rooted in the colonial society as it was in England. Masters invoked the Bible and the ...
... houses, churches, colleges, taverns, racetracks, and private clubs. The concept of class distinction and “place” in society became as firmly rooted in the colonial society as it was in England. Masters invoked the Bible and the ...
Strana 13
... house” on the plantation, to utilize household servants to perform domestic labor, to build a town house in Beaufort or Charleston to escape the summer malaria, to enjoy the comfort and pastimes of men of leisure, to buy the ...
... house” on the plantation, to utilize household servants to perform domestic labor, to build a town house in Beaufort or Charleston to escape the summer malaria, to enjoy the comfort and pastimes of men of leisure, to buy the ...
Strana 17
... House on Chestnut Street in Philadelphia. Despite repeated armed clashes during the past year, the colonies had not yet declared war nor proclaimed their independence. To debate this stu- pendous issue, upon which the leaders, as well ...
... House on Chestnut Street in Philadelphia. Despite repeated armed clashes during the past year, the colonies had not yet declared war nor proclaimed their independence. To debate this stu- pendous issue, upon which the leaders, as well ...
Strana 22
... house cannot bring him out again.”25 The British were convinced the colonists could 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 ...
... house cannot bring him out again.”25 The British were convinced the colonists could 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 ...
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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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