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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Walther, Eric H., 1960-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2006.
Series:Civil War America (Series)
Subjects:
Yancey, William Lowndes, > 1814-1863.
Yancey, William Lowndes, > 1814-1863
Yancey, William Lowndes.
United States. > Congress. > House > Biography.
United States. > Congress. > House
To 1865
Legislators > Alabama > Biography.
Secession > Alabama.
Statesmen > Confederate States of America > Biography.
Legislators > United States > Biography.
Sécession > Alabama.
Hommes d'État > États confédérés d'Amérique > Biographies.
Parlementaires > États-Unis > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY.
Legislators
Politics and government
Secession
Statesmen
War > Causes
Sezessionskrieg > 1861-1865
Alabama > Politics and government > To 1865.
Confederate States of America > Politics and government.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Causes.
Alabama > Politique et gouvernement > Jusqu'à 1865.
États confédérés d'Amérique > Politique et gouvernement.
Alabama
United States
United States > Confederate States of America
Biography
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Jordan's stormy banks
  • Rebellion and Union
  • Flush times and bad times in Alabama and South Carolina
  • Politician
  • Party and honor
  • The Alabama platform
  • Secessionist
  • Creating the "leaven of disunion"
  • Public man, private life
  • Yancey and the house divided
  • Walker and Walker, the league and the letter
  • The conventions of 1860
  • The voice of the South
  • The men and the hours
  • In King Arthur's court
  • Journeys home
  • The main pillar of the Confederacy.

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