From the very inception of the United States, few issues have been so divisive and defining as American slavery. Even as the U.S. was founded on principles of liberty, independence and freedom, slavery advocates and sympathizers positioned themselves in every aspect of American influence. Over the centuries, the characterization of early American figures, legislation and party platforms has been debated.
The author seeks to clarify often unanswered--or ignored--questions about notable figures, sociopolitical movements and their positions on slavery. From early legislation like the Fugitive Slave Law of 1793 to Reconstruction and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan, this book explores some of America's most controversial moments. Spanning the first American century, it offers a detailed chronology of slavery and racism in early U.S. politics and society.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"No serious student of American history can deny the importance of this book's focus-slavery and white racism as a leitmotif during the first 100 years of US history. Positioning southern slavery at the core of this history, the author surveys how the 'peculiar institution' began, evolved, and concluded during the crucible of the Civil War, but reemerged in a different guise during Reconstruction...factually driven...extremely well-illustrated...recommended"-Choice
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Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Für Beruf und Forschung
Interest Age: From 18 years
Produkt-Hinweis
Illustrationen
52 photos, notes, bibliography, index
Maße
Höhe: 229 mm
Breite: 152 mm
Dicke: 13 mm
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ISBN-13
978-1-4766-7099-7 (9781476670997)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Michael C. Thomsett is the author, coauthor or compiler of many books including topical dictionaries, collections of quotations and history books. He lives in Spring Hill, Tennessee.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Ken West
Preface
Part I: Slavery, Political Parties and the Supreme Court
1.?A Pill Too Bitter to Swallow
The Presentation of a Complex History?7 * Racism in Context?9
* Jim Crow?11
2.?The Most Oppressive Dominion
Slavery in the New World?17 * The -Three-Fifths Compromise?19 * The Slave Power?22 * The Northwest Ordinance of 1787?26 * The Fugitive Slave Law of 1793?27 * The Slave Trade Act of 1794?28 * Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves of 1807?29 * The Missouri Compromise?29 * The Wilmot Proviso?31 * The Compromise of 1850?36 * Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?37 * Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?38 * The Ostend Manifesto?42
3.?The Greatest Political Evil
The First Party System?45 * The Federalist Party?47 * The Emergence of the Whig Party?49 * The Free Soil Party?51 * Founders' Concerns About a Party System?53 * The Era of Good Feelings?54 * Democracy and Andrew Jackson?55 * The Second Party System?56 * A Change in Political Climate?58 * Republicans from 1854 to 1860?59 * The Know Nothing Movement?62 * The Opposition Party and the Constitutional Union Party?64 * The Election of 1860?65
4.?"A Slave, and Not a Citizen"
-Slavery-Related Cases and the Supreme Court?71 * The Nullification Battle?72 * McCullough v. Maryland?73 * Gibbons v. Ogden?74 * The Antelope?75 * Roger B. Taney?76 * New York v. Miln?78 * The Amistad?79 * "Unless prohibited by state legislation"?82 * Strader v. Graham?84 * Dred Scott v. Sandford?85 * Ableman v. Booth?92 * Unintended Consequences?93 * Slavery and Racism in Context?94
Part II: Politics During the Civil War Years
5.?Let Us Cross Over the River
The Secession Movement in South Carolina?100 * The Crittenden Compromise?101 * The Struggle Toward Secession?103 * Virginia's Debate?105 * Lincoln's Policies in 1861?107 * The Rise of the Copperheads?112 * Controversy About Secession and Slavery?116 * Suspension of Habeas Corpus?118 * Copperhead Editorials on Slavery?120
6.?The Age of the Copperheads, 1862-1863
The Evolution of a Struggle: 1862?123 * Copperhead Racism in the North?125 * Lincoln's Decision: The Emancipation Proclamation?127 * Copperhead Reaction?131 * The Copperhead Response?135 * The Intellectual Arm of the Copperheads?136 * -Pro-Lincoln Responses?138 * The Enrollment Act?139 * Growing Copperhead Strength?143 * A Change in Sentiment?145
7.?Copperhead Resistance, 1864-1865
Possible Replacement Candidates for Lincoln?148 * Southern Economic Problems in 1864?151 * The Party Platforms?154 * Conspiracy in 1864 by Copperhead Groups?158 * Confederate Efforts at Negotiating Peace?162 * The Political Climate in 1864?163 * Political Responses to Lincoln's Victory?165 * -Post-Election Conditions and the Thirteenth Amendment?166
Part III: Politics During Reconstruction
8.?Parties in Conflict-The Johnson Administration
Andrew Johnson and the -Post-War Era?173 * The New Administration and the South?174 * The Freedmen's Bureau Bill?175 * Black Codes in 1865 and 1866?178 * The Civil Rights Act of 1866?180 * Johnson's Loyalty to the Democrats?182 * Concerns Among Democrats?185 * The Election of 1868?187
9.?Presidents Grant and Hayes and the Ku Klux Klan
President Grant's Election?192 * Origins of Secret Societies in the U.S.?195 * The Klan's Purpose Evolves?198 * The Klan
As an Underground Terrorist Organization?200 * Grant's Second Administration?203
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
