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
... 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 right to transport slaves ...
... 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 right to transport slaves ...
Strana 9
... planters introduced sugar cane production in Barbados. The number of slaves there increased from 6,000 to 80,000 in the space of 22 years. In the third quarter of the 17th century, it is estimated that 375,000 Africans were exported as ...
... planters introduced sugar cane production in Barbados. The number of slaves there increased from 6,000 to 80,000 in the space of 22 years. In the third quarter of the 17th century, it is estimated that 375,000 Africans were exported as ...
Strana 10
... 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 transformed the South from a society with slaves into a slave society ...
... 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 transformed the South from a society with slaves into a slave society ...
Strana 11
... 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 the state. In 1696, the colonial legislature in South ...
... 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 the state. In 1696, the colonial legislature in South ...
Strana 12
... planters for six generations. Between 1720 and 1740, 40,000 African slaves arrived in South Carolina. Rice was not a food for the wealthy but it had two highly redeeming, practical qualities: It filled the stomachs of the world's ...
... planters for six generations. Between 1720 and 1740, 40,000 African slaves arrived in South Carolina. Rice was not a food for the wealthy but it had two highly redeeming, practical qualities: It filled the stomachs of the world's ...
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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...