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 5
... lost in shipwrecks). King Ferdinand of Spain, responding to the clamor of his colonists for more and more slaves, authorized shipment of slaves directly from Africa rather than through Spain. Spain controlled most of the world's silver ...
... lost in shipwrecks). King Ferdinand of Spain, responding to the clamor of his colonists for more and more slaves, authorized shipment of slaves directly from Africa rather than through Spain. Spain controlled most of the world's silver ...
Strana 14
... lost their jobs when slaves employed the weapons of slowdown, truancy (especially at critical times in crop processing) and sabotage. Some over- seers were even killed by the overseen. Some Negroes became slave “drivers” for the ...
... lost their jobs when slaves employed the weapons of slowdown, truancy (especially at critical times in crop processing) and sabotage. Some over- seers were even killed by the overseen. Some Negroes became slave “drivers” for the ...
Strana 21
... lost its mind. John and Abigail Adams had been apart for one-half of the first eleven years of their marriage. At the approach of spring, 1776, he wrote to her, “Is it not intolerable that the opening of spring which I should enjoy with ...
... lost its mind. John and Abigail Adams had been apart for one-half of the first eleven years of their marriage. At the approach of spring, 1776, he wrote to her, “Is it not intolerable that the opening of spring which I should enjoy with ...
Strana 25
... lost, but now am found Was blind, but now I see. Jefferson, who wrestled with the conundrum of slavery in his own life and never really reconciled the dilemma, noted privately, “I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just ...
... lost, but now am found Was blind, but now I see. Jefferson, who wrestled with the conundrum of slavery in his own life and never really reconciled the dilemma, noted privately, “I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just ...
Strana 26
... lost his footing under the bombardment and guns went off. People in the crowd swore they heard the Captain order it. Afterward, five colonists lay dead or mortally wounded. Hutch- inson pleaded for the law to prevail and British troops ...
... lost his footing under the bombardment and guns went off. People in the crowd swore they heard the Captain order it. Afterward, five colonists lay dead or mortally wounded. Hutch- inson pleaded for the law to prevail and British troops ...
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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 |
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