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"What shall we do with the Negro?" : Lincoln, white racism, and Civil War America /

Consulting a broad range of contemporary newspapers, magazines, books, army records, government documents, publications of citizens' organizations, letters, diaries, and other sources, Paul D. Escott examines the attitudes and actions of Northerners and Southerners regarding the future of Afric...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Escott, Paul D., 1947-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2009.
Temas:
USA
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue: First declarations
  • Part 1: Northern developments. The North confronts the question ; War's proving ground ; Amnesty, apprenticeship, and the freedmen's future ; Politics, emancipation, and Black rights
  • Part 2: Southern developments. Slavery, war, and the slaveholder's mind ; Heresy, dogma, and the Confederate debate
  • Part 3: Confluence. The Hampton Roads conference ; 1865 and beyond
  • Appendix: A brief, additional note on a vast historiography.