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William Lowndes Yancey and the coming of the Civil War /
Born in Georgia but raised in the North by a fiercely abolitionist stepfather and an emotionally unstable mother, Yancey grew up believing that abolitionists were cruel, meddling, and hypocritical. His personal journey led him through a series of mentors who transformed his political views, and upon...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
©2006.
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| Colección: | Civil War America (Series)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Born in Georgia but raised in the North by a fiercely abolitionist stepfather and an emotionally unstable mother, Yancey grew up believing that abolitionists were cruel, meddling, and hypocritical. His personal journey led him through a series of mentors who transformed his political views, and upon moving to frontier Alabama in his twenties, Yancey's penchant for rhetorical and physical violence was soon channeled into a crusade to protect slaveholders' rights. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 477 pages) : illustrations, portraits. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-459) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780807877340 0807877344 9781429453981 1429453982 |