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
... South Carolina (where Charlestonians like to say that the Ashley and the Cooper Rivers come together to form the Atlantic Ocean), soldiers pro- claiming allegiance to the State of South Carolina were under the command of General Gustave ...
... South Carolina (where Charlestonians like to say that the Ashley and the Cooper Rivers come together to form the Atlantic Ocean), soldiers pro- claiming allegiance to the State of South Carolina were under the command of General Gustave ...
Strana 10
... 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 plantations ...
... 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 plantations ...
Strana 11
... South Carolina. In 1671, SirJohn Yeamans, a Barbados planter, who was raised in Bristol, England, arrived in Charleston, bringing slaves from his island plantation to clear his land on the Ashley River. He became the first Governor of ...
... South Carolina. In 1671, SirJohn Yeamans, a Barbados planter, who was raised in Bristol, England, arrived in Charleston, bringing slaves from his island plantation to clear his land on the Ashley River. He became the first Governor of ...
Strana 12
... South Carolina was not robust economically until rice was introduced as a staple crop in 1690. By 1708, it was South Carolina's largest export, far sur- passing the earlier traffic in lumber and beef. Rice would make the fortunes of ...
... South Carolina was not robust economically until rice was introduced as a staple crop in 1690. By 1708, it was South Carolina's largest export, far sur- passing the earlier traffic in lumber and beef. Rice would make the fortunes of ...
Strana 14
... South Carolina. In the last half of that period, 1,108 slave ships arrived in Charleston harbor. Slaves also were landed in Rhode Island (particularly Newport), New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland. Aside from Rhode Island, few slaves ...
... South Carolina. In the last half of that period, 1,108 slave ships arrived in Charleston harbor. Slaves also were landed in Rhode Island (particularly Newport), New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland. Aside from Rhode Island, few slaves ...
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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...