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UNINA9910811851703321 |
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Autore |
Escott Paul D. <1947-> |
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Titolo |
"What shall we do with the Negro?" : Lincoln, white racism, and Civil War America / / Paul D. Escott |
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Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2009 |
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1-280-49031-4 |
9786613585547 |
0-8139-3046-4 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (335 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Enslaved persons - 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 |
United States Race relations History 19th century |
United States Politics and government 1861-1865 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"What Shall We Do with the Negro?" serves as a corrective in offering a more realistic, more nuanced, and less celebratory approach to understanding this crucial period in American history. |
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