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 10
... plantation economics. This divergence from the North, with its myriad of small farms and industrializing cities ... plantations transformed the South from a society with slaves into a slave society, combining European capital, slave ...
... plantation economics. This divergence from the North, with its myriad of small farms and industrializing cities ... plantations transformed the South from a society with slaves into a slave society, combining European capital, slave ...
Strana 11
... plantation to clear his 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 ...
... plantation to clear his 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 ...
Strana 12
... plantation and, in April, the rice fields were prepared. Rice exports from South Carolina soared from 12,000 lbs. in 1698 to 83 million lbs. in 1770 (including Georgia, after 1750). From the middle of the 18th century Carolinians also ...
... plantation and, in April, the rice fields were prepared. Rice exports from South Carolina soared from 12,000 lbs. in 1698 to 83 million lbs. in 1770 (including Georgia, after 1750). From the middle of the 18th century Carolinians also ...
Strana 13
... plantation families, masters granted themselves the right to meddle in their slaves' most intimate affairs, demanded obedience, and relegated the slaves to permanent childhood. While the North did not foster plantations, its people also ...
... plantation families, masters granted themselves the right to meddle in their slaves' most intimate affairs, demanded obedience, and relegated the slaves to permanent childhood. While the North did not foster plantations, its people also ...
Strana 14
... plantation owners. Between 1701 and 1775, 46 per cent of the black people entering the American colonies disembarked in South Carolina. In the last half of that period, 1,108 slave ships arrived in Charleston harbor. Slaves also were ...
... plantation owners. Between 1701 and 1775, 46 per cent of the black people entering the American colonies disembarked in South Carolina. In the last half of that period, 1,108 slave ships arrived in Charleston harbor. Slaves also were ...
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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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