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 13
... planters are absolutely above every occupation but eating, drinking, lolling, smoking and sleeping, which five modes of action constitute the essence of their life and existence,” carped a doctor in Charleston. 14 In the North, since ...
... planters are absolutely above every occupation but eating, drinking, lolling, smoking and sleeping, which five modes of action constitute the essence of their life and existence,” carped a doctor in Charleston. 14 In the North, since ...
Strana 18
... planters had not forgotten that, in 1772, a former slave named James Somerset, taken by his master to London, had won his freedom in a British court that ruled that as soon as a slave set foot on British soil, that slave became free ...
... planters had not forgotten that, in 1772, a former slave named James Somerset, taken by his master to London, had won his freedom in a British court that ruled that as soon as a slave set foot on British soil, that slave became free ...
Strana 31
... planters “discovered” cotton, which slaves had grown in patch gardens during the war. The slave population in the Deep South, bloated by the thousands exported by the Chesapeake planters, still could not satisfy the exploding demand for ...
... planters “discovered” cotton, which slaves had grown in patch gardens during the war. The slave population in the Deep South, bloated by the thousands exported by the Chesapeake planters, still could not satisfy the exploding demand for ...
Strana 38
Omlouváme se, ale obsah této stránky je nepřístupný..
Omlouváme se, ale obsah této stránky je nepřístupný..
Strana 41
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29 | |
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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277 | |
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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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