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1 online resource (xi, 477 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
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Civil War America |
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Civil War America (Series)
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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 |
| Summary |
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 moving to frontier Alabama in his twenties, Yancey's penchant for rhetorical and physical violence was soon channeled into a crusade to protect slaveholders' rights |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-459) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Yancey, William Lowndes, 1814-1863.
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Yancey, William Lowndes, 1814-1863 fast |
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Yancey, William Lowndes. swd |
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United States. Congress. House -- Biography
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United States. Congress. House fast |
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Legislators -- Alabama -- Biography
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Secession -- Alabama
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Statesmen -- Confederate States of America -- Biography
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Legislators -- United States -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY.
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Legislators
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Politics and government
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Secession
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Statesmen
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War -- Causes
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Sezessionskrieg 1861-1865
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Alabama -- Politics and government -- To 1865.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85003097
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Confederate States of America -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85030856
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140219
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Alabama
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United States
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United States -- Confederate States of America
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2005037964 |
| ISBN |
9780807877340 |
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0807877344 |
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9781429453981 |
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1429453982 |
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