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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780950103321

Autore

Phillips Christopher <1959 Nov. 1->

Titolo

The making of a southerner [[electronic resource] ] : William Barclay Napton's private Civil War / / Christopher Phillips

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2008

ISBN

0-8262-6662-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (176 p.)

Disciplina

973.7092

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Soggetti

Judges - Missouri

Slaveholders - Missouri - Saline County

Slavery - Political aspects - Missouri - History - 19th century

Saline County (Mo.) Biography

Missouri Politics and government To 1865

Missouri History Civil War, 1861-1865 Biography

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Biography

Confederate States of America Biography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-149) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The refugee -- The Virginian -- Making Eden -- Mastering new worlds -- Judging slavery -- The war within -- Napton's private war -- The southerner -- Biographical information on Napton's children.

Sommario/riassunto

"Drawn from personal journals kept for more than fifty years and from a vast professional and family correspondence, the life story of William Barclay Napton offers an important perspective on the issues and events that turned this northerner into an avowed proslavery ideologue and finally into a full southerner"--Provided by publisher.