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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... thought there would be no war, or that, if one came, it would be of short duration. Any decent Southerner knew that one Southerner could lick ten Yankees. As has been observed, “The worst wars usually happen because one power believes ...
... thought there would be no war, or that, if one came, it would be of short duration. Any decent Southerner knew that one Southerner could lick ten Yankees. As has been observed, “The worst wars usually happen because one power believes ...
Strana 19
... thought of the news,' my invariable answer was, 'the worse, the better.” 19 In late May, Adams was distraught. John Dickinson of Pennsylvania (for whom Dickinson College is named) was temporizing about declaring indepen- dence. He was ...
... thought of the news,' my invariable answer was, 'the worse, the better.” 19 In late May, Adams was distraught. John Dickinson of Pennsylvania (for whom Dickinson College is named) was temporizing about declaring indepen- dence. He was ...
Strana 20
... thought it folly to give an enemy advance notice of their objectives. He blamed the New Englanders for the state of affairs that he thought would bring ruin to the col- onies. Richard Henry Lee, a scion of one of the preeminent First ...
... thought it folly to give an enemy advance notice of their objectives. He blamed the New Englanders for the state of affairs that he thought would bring ruin to the col- onies. Richard Henry Lee, a scion of one of the preeminent First ...
Strana 21
... thought the weak American forces would be crushed by the might of Great Britain and that this Congress had 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 ...
... thought the weak American forces would be crushed by the might of Great Britain and that this Congress had 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 ...
Strana 23
... repeated petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. Southerners stiffened and exchanged anxious glances. Some who were present at the Convention thought Jefferson's draft. 23 1. The Declaration: Liberty, but Not forAll.
... repeated petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. Southerners stiffened and exchanged anxious glances. Some who were present at the Convention thought Jefferson's draft. 23 1. The Declaration: Liberty, but Not forAll.
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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...