The worst passions of human nature : White supremacy in the Civil War North / Paul D. Escott.
"This book examines the contrast between progress on emancipation and the persistence of virulent racism and white supremacist attitudes in the Civil War North. It analyzes both northern politics and the racial attitudes and assumptions that were revealed in newspapers, books, and magazines. Its cen...
Uniform Title: | Nation divided.
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Language: | English |
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Charlottesville :
University of Virginia Press,
2020.
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Series: | Nation divided.
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Physical Description: | 227 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
Format: | Book |
Contents:
- War hastens abolition amid prejudice, 1861-1862
- The democratic opposition, 1861-1862
- The Emancipation Proclamation and reactions
- The "problem" of freed slaves
- Freed slaves in reality
- Progress in the war but not in racial policy
- Progress, political crisis, and regression
- Freedom and the staying power of white supremacy.