02994nam 2200709 a 450 991081185170332120240418044531.01-280-49031-497866135855470-8139-3046-4(CKB)2550000000047936(OCoLC)753977945(CaPaEBR)ebrary10495585(SSID)ssj0000542550(PQKBManifestationID)11371273(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000542550(PQKBWorkID)10510882(PQKB)11277091(MiAaPQ)EBC3443956(MdBmJHUP)muse6638(Au-PeEL)EBL3443956(CaPaEBR)ebr10495585(CaONFJC)MIL358554(EXLCZ)99255000000004793620080812d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccr"What shall we do with the Negro?" Lincoln, white racism, and Civil War America /Paul D. Escott1st ed.Charlottesville University of Virginia Press20091 online resource (335 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8139-2786-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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."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.Enslaved personsEmancipationUnited StatesAfrican AmericansCivil rightsHistory19th centuryAfrican AmericansLegal status, laws, etcHistory19th centuryRacePolitical aspectsUnited StatesHistory19th centuryRacismUnited StatesHistory19th centuryWhite peopleUnited StatesAttitudesHistory19th centuryUnited StatesRace relationsHistory19th centuryUnited StatesPolitics and government1861-1865Enslaved personsEmancipationAfrican AmericansCivil rightsHistoryAfrican AmericansLegal status, laws, etc.HistoryRacePolitical aspectsHistoryRacismHistoryWhite peopleAttitudesHistory973.7092Escott Paul D.1947-1597973MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811851703321"What shall we do with the Negro?"3954500UNINA