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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456898403321

Autore

Escott Paul D. <1947->

Titolo

"What shall we do with the Negro?" [[electronic resource] ] : Lincoln, white racism, and Civil War America / / Paul D. Escott

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2009

ISBN

1-280-49031-4

9786613585547

0-8139-3046-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (335 p.)

Disciplina

973.7092

Soggetti

Slaves - Emancipation - United States

African Americans - Civil rights - History - 19th century

African Americans - Legal status, laws, etc - History - 19th century

Race - Political aspects - United States - History - 19th century

Racism - United States - History - 19th century

White people - United States - Attitudes - History - 19th century

Electronic books.

United States Race relations History 19th century

United States Politics and government 1861-1865

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The North confronts the question -- War's proving ground -- Amnesty, apprenticeship, and the freedmen's future -- Politics, emancipation, and Black rights -- Slavery, war, and the slaveholder's mind -- Heresy, dogma, and the Confederate debate -- The Hampton Roads conference -- 1865 and beyond -- Appendix: a brief, additional note on a vast historiography.