Edmund G. Ross : soldier, senator, abolitionist /
"Ross was a significant abolitionist, journalist, Union officer, and, eventually, territorial governor of New Mexico. This first full-scale biography of Ross reveals his importance in the history of the United States"--Provided by publisher
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Albuquerque :
University of New Mexico Press,
2013.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Young man working at the case
- The abolitionists: a call to action
- Joining the battle for a free Kansas
- Fighting slavery with words
- Ross, the record, and the railroads
- The Civil War and the Kansas volunteers
- Major Ross: return to civilian life
- Southern president, radical congress
- A surprising death, an unexpected appointment
- Reconstruction: the lines are drawn
- The 1867 election: Pomeroy and Ross
- Congress declares war on the president
- The impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson
- Empty accusations: Ross fights back
- The last two years: a working senator
- The campaign to expose Pomeroy
- Liberals versus radicals: shifting alignments
- Albuquerque
- Understanding New Mexico
- Ross and the court of private land claims
- The Santa Fe ring and the territorial legislature
- The final years.