Author: John WesleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Slavery
Languages : cs
Pages : 32
Book Description
Thoughts Upon Slavery
Author: John WesleyThe Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery
Author: Eric FonerPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 039308082X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
“A masterwork [by] the preeminent historian of the Civil War era.”—Boston Globe Selected as a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times Book Review, this landmark work gives us a definitive account of Lincoln's lifelong engagement with the nation's critical issue: American slavery. A master historian, Eric Foner draws Lincoln and the broader history of the period into perfect balance. We see Lincoln, a pragmatic politician grounded in principle, deftly navigating the dynamic politics of antislavery, secession, and civil war. Lincoln's greatness emerges from his capacity for moral and political growth.
American Slavery as it is
Author: Lincoln on Race and Slavery
Author: Henry Louis Gates Jr.Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 140083208X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
From acclaimed scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the most comprehensive collection of Lincoln's writings on race and slavery Generations of Americans have debated the meaning of Abraham Lincoln's views on race and slavery. He issued the Emancipation Proclamation and supported a constitutional amendment to outlaw slavery, yet he also harbored grave doubts about the intellectual capacity of African Americans, publicly used the n-word until at least 1862, and favored permanent racial segregation. In this book—the first complete collection of Lincoln's important writings on both race and slavery—readers can explore these contradictions through Lincoln's own words. Acclaimed Harvard scholar and documentary filmmaker Henry Louis Gates, Jr., presents the full range of Lincoln's views, gathered from his private letters, speeches, official documents, and even race jokes, arranged chronologically from the late 1830s to the 1860s. Complete with definitive texts, rich historical notes, and an original introduction by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., this book charts the progress of a war within Lincoln himself. We witness his struggles with conflicting aims and ideas—a hatred of slavery and a belief in the political equality of all men, but also anti-black prejudices and a determination to preserve the Union even at the cost of preserving slavery. We also watch the evolution of his racial views, especially in reaction to the heroic fighting of black Union troops. At turns inspiring and disturbing, Lincoln on Race and Slavery is indispensable for understanding what Lincoln's views meant for his generation—and what they mean for our own.
Thoughts on American Slavery, and Its Proposed Remedies
Author: NorthernerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Thoughts on American Slavery, and its Proposed Remedies
Author: A. NorthernerPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368945777
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1838.
Views of American Slavery, Taken a Century Ago
Author: Anthony BenezetPublisher: General Books
ISBN: 9781458947536
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THOUGHTS S L A Y E H Y, JOHN WESLEY, A.M. asd The Lord Said?What Hast Thou Done? The Voice Op Thy Brother's Blood Ceietu Unto Me From The Ground.?Gen. chap. iv. ORIGINALLY PRINTED IN LONDON. chapter{Section 4INTRODUCTION. The author of the following pages needs no introduction or commendation to the intelligent reader. As the founder of a great church polity, his authority is universally acknowledged within that religious community, and generally respected over the Christian world. More especially is this the case in some of the Southern States of our Union, where the Methodist societies embrace, perhaps, within their horders, the most numerous and influential congregations of any Church organization. Yet, while many of the religious opinions of John Wesley are still cherished there in all their vitality and authority, it is believed that his views on the great question of Slavery are not fully appreciated, if even they are generally known. The abridgment now presented of his essay on this important subject may therefore prove instructive andsuggestive to the candid inquirer, whatever his religious or political opinions may be. The portions of the treatise omitted, relate chiefly to the horrors of the African slave-trade; it seeming hardly necessary to repuhlish them at this day, when, by the universal consent of Christendom, that infamous pursuit is outlawed and punished as piracy on the high seas. Such parts, however, have been retained as appear equally to apply to that great system of internal traffic in human beings, still prevailing so extensively throughout the Southern States of our Union, and which may be regarded as the darkest feature of American Slavery. chapter{Section 5THOUGHTS UPON SLAVERY. 1. By Slavery I mean domestic slavery, ..
Thoughts on American slavery, and its proposed remedies
Author: The Half Has Never Been Told
Author: Edward E BaptistPublisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 0465097685
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
A groundbreaking history demonstrating that America's economic supremacy was built on the backs of enslaved people Winner of the 2015 Avery O. Craven Prize from the Organization of American Historians Winner of the 2015 Sidney Hillman Prize Americans tend to cast slavery as a pre-modern institution -- the nation's original sin, perhaps, but isolated in time and divorced from America's later success. But to do so robs the millions who suffered in bondage of their full legacy. As historian Edward E. Baptist reveals in The Half Has Never Been Told, the expansion of slavery in the first eight decades after American independence drove the evolution and modernization of the United States. In the span of a single lifetime, the South grew from a narrow coastal strip of worn-out tobacco plantations to a continental cotton empire, and the United States grew into a modern, industrial, and capitalist economy. Told through the intimate testimonies of survivors of slavery, plantation records, newspapers, as well as the words of politicians and entrepreneurs, The Half Has Never Been Told offers a radical new interpretation of American history.
The Slavery Question
Author: John LawrencePublisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
"The Slavery Question" by John Lawrence. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.