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 4
... captured in raids on neighboring tribes. These slaves were mostly engaged in tending to their masters' fields. “They did no more work than other members of the community, even their master.”5 Henry quickly perceived the opportunity to ...
... captured in raids on neighboring tribes. These slaves were mostly engaged in tending to their masters' fields. “They did no more work than other members of the community, even their master.”5 Henry quickly perceived the opportunity to ...
Strana 6
... 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 to the Spanish Indies, for a period of 30 years. The ...
... 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 to the Spanish Indies, for a period of 30 years. The ...
Strana 7
... captured by her father, Powhatan, the Chief of Indian Virginia. In 1619, the same year that the first legislative body met in America, twenty blacks arrived inJamestown aboard a Dutch warship.8 They were treated as indentured servants ...
... captured by her father, Powhatan, the Chief of Indian Virginia. In 1619, the same year that the first legislative body met in America, twenty blacks arrived inJamestown aboard a Dutch warship.8 They were treated as indentured servants ...
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Omlouváme se, ale obsah této stránky je nepřístupný..
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Strana 118
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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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