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Author Escott, Paul D., 1947-

Title "What shall we do with the Negro?" : Lincoln, white racism, and Civil War America / Paul D. Escott
Published Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 304 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, portraits
Contents Prologue: First declarations -- Part 1: Northern developments. The North confronts the question ; War's proving ground ; Amnesty, apprenticeship, and the freedmen's future ; Politics, emancipation, and Black rights -- Part 2: Southern developments. Slavery, war, and the slaveholder's mind ; Heresy, dogma, and the Confederate debate -- Part 3: Confluence. The Hampton Roads conference ; 1865 and beyond -- Appendix: A brief, additional note on a vast historiography
Summary Consulting a broad range of contemporary newspapers, magazines, books, army records, government documents, publications of citizens' organizations, letters, diaries, and other sources, Paul D. Escott examines the attitudes and actions of Northerners and Southerners regarding the future of African Americans after the end of slavery. --from publisher description
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-292) and index
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Subject Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Political and social views.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Relations with African Americans
SUBJECT Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Relations with African Americans
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Political and social views
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Lincoln, Abraham -- Schwarze. idsbb
Lincoln, Abraham -- Rassismus. idsbb
Lincoln, Abraham -- Sklaverei. idsbb
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Subject Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- United States
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 19th century
African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- History -- 19th century
Race -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Racism -- United States -- History -- 19th century
White people -- United States -- Attitudes -- History -- 19th century
HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877)
HISTORY -- United States -- 19th Century.
African Americans -- Civil rights
African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Political and social views
Politics and government
Race -- Political aspects
Race relations
Racism
Relations with African Americans
Enslaved persons -- Emancipation
White people -- Attitudes
Sezessionskrieg 1861-1865
Rassismus
Bürgerkrieg
Zwarten.
Slavernij.
Rassenverhoudingen.
Amerikaanse burgeroorlog.
Rassismus -- USA -- Geschichte 19. Jh.
Sezessionskrieg -- Schwarze.
Rassenbeziehung -- USA -- Geschichte 19. Jh.
Rassismus.
Sezessionskrieg (1861-1865)
SUBJECT United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century
United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140441
Subject United States
USA
Verenigde Staten.
Geconfedereerde Staten.
Schwarze -- USA -- Geschichte 19. Jh.
USA.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2008034652
ISBN 9780813930466
0813930464
1280490314
9781280490316
9786613585547
6613585548
Other Titles Lincoln, white racism, and Civil War America