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And the war came [[electronic resource] ] : the slavery quarrel and the American Civil War / / by Donald J. Meyers



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Autore: Meyers Donald J Visualizza persona
Titolo: And the war came [[electronic resource] ] : the slavery quarrel and the American Civil War / / by Donald J. Meyers Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, : Algora Pub., c2005
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (296 p.)
Disciplina: 306.3/62/0973
Soggetto topico: Slavery - United States - History
Slavery - Southern States - History
Slavery - Economic aspects - United States - History
Slavery - Moral and ethical aspects - United States - History
Soggetto geografico: United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Causes
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-275) and index.
Nota di contenuto: And the War Came; And the War Came; by Donald J. Meyers; Table of Contents; Prologue. Eight Thousand Years of Slavery; 1. The Declaration: Liberty, but Not for All; 2. Uniting Around a Constitution, At a Cost; 3. The Missouri Compromise; 4. A Besieged South Circles the Wagons; 5. The "Gag" Rule Fight; 6. The Kansas-Nebraska Act: One Party Dead, The Other Split; 7. Abraham Lincoln in Illinois; 8. The Lincoln-Douglas Debates: A Dark Horse; 9. Lincoln Elected, Seven States Defected; 10. An Act of War; 11. First Battle of Bull Run: Disillusion and Frustration
12. The Battle of Shiloh: Large-Scale Killing Shocks the Nation13. The Peninsula Campaign: McClellan spooked by Lee; 14. Second Bull Run and Antietam: Opportunity Squandered; 15. Slaughter at Fredericksburg, Jubilee with Emancipation; 16. The Battle of Chancellorsville: Lincoln's Depression Grows; 17. Gettysurg and Vicksburg: The Writing on the Wall; 18. The Battles of Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge: General Grant; 19. Atlanta and McPherson Fall: Something Went Out of the War; 20. Confederate Disaster in Tennessee, And the 13th Amendment; 21. Lee Surrenders at Appomattox
22. Lincoln Assassinated, His Severe Task Done23. Abraham Lincoln: The Man John Quincy Adams was Looking For; Selected Bibliography; Index
Sommario/riassunto: "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.
Titolo autorizzato: And the war came  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 9786611395735
1-281-39573-0
0-87586-360-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910454249303321
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