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
... land mill); the reduced incidence of wars encouraged slave-owners to convert their chattel to rent-paying tenants; there were slave revolts; and, an increasingly penitent Church awakened to a more slave-sensitive morality. The fact that ...
... land mill); the reduced incidence of wars encouraged slave-owners to convert their chattel to rent-paying tenants; there were slave revolts; and, an increasingly penitent Church awakened to a more slave-sensitive morality. The fact that ...
Strana 5
... land. From propagation (by planting pieces of stalk) to harvesting requires fifteen months. Five years before Columbus's voyage, the Portuguese established the chief source of the future American slave trade in the Congo. By then, the ...
... land. From propagation (by planting pieces of stalk) to harvesting requires fifteen months. Five years before Columbus's voyage, the Portuguese established the chief source of the future American slave trade in the Congo. By then, the ...
Strana 9
... land-grant of 50 acres per individual. After his term matured, the servant received a grant of land and could offer his craftsmanship as a skilled workman to a growing community. This was often a win-win situation, providing inexpensive ...
... land-grant of 50 acres per individual. After his term matured, the servant received a grant of land and could offer his craftsmanship as a skilled workman to a growing community. This was often a win-win situation, providing inexpensive ...
Strana 10
... land holdings in the hands a few proprietors, along with the munificent growing climate, led to the development of a primarily agricultural society. Slavery became fundamental to plantation economics. This divergence from the North ...
... land holdings in the hands a few proprietors, along with the munificent growing climate, led to the development of a primarily agricultural society. Slavery became fundamental to plantation economics. This divergence from the North ...
Strana 11
... 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 “All Negroes, Mollatoes, and Indians which at any time heretofore ...
... 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 “All Negroes, Mollatoes, and Indians which at any time heretofore ...
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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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