A Catalogue of the Everett D. Graff Collection of Western Americana
Author: Colton Storm
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1968
Total Pages: 894
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Author: Colton Storm
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1968
Total Pages: 894
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Mitchell Snay
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Published: 2014-02-01
Total Pages: 278
ISBN-13: 1469616157
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe centrality of religion in the life of the Old South, the strongly religious nature of the sectional controversy over slavery, and the close affinity between religion and antebellum American nationalism all point toward the need to explore the role of religion in the development of southern sectionalism. In Gospel of Disunion Mitchell Snay examines the various ways in which religion adapted to and influenced the development of a distinctive southern culture and politics before the Civil War, adding depth and form to the movement that culminated in secession. From the abolitionist crisis of 1835 through the formation of the Confederacy in 1861, Snay shows how religion worked as an active agent in translating the sectional conflict into a struggle of the highest moral significance. At the same time, the slavery controversy sectionalized southern religion, creating separate institutions and driving theology further toward orthodoxy. By establishing a biblical sanction for slavery, developing a slaveholding ethic for Christian masters, and demonstrating the viability of separation from the North through the denominational schisms of the 1830s and 1840s, religion reinforced central elements in southern political culture and contributed to a moral consensus that made secession possible.
Author: Robert Ellis Thompson
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Published: 1895
Total Pages: 470
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Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2003-12-10
Total Pages: 454
ISBN-13: 1725208962
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Published: 1914
Total Pages: 190
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Published: 1902
Total Pages: 470
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Published: 1895
Total Pages: 506
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Published: 1881
Total Pages: 602
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKIncludes titles on all subjects, some in foreign languages, later incorporated into Memorial Library.
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher: e-artnow
Published: 2017-07-31
Total Pages: 9566
ISBN-13: 8026836596
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRobert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. His most famous works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. A literary celebrity during his lifetime, Stevenson now ranks among the 26 most translated authors in the world.
Author: Bruce Levine
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2021-03-02
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 1476793379
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA “powerful” (The Wall Street Journal) biography of one of the 19th century’s greatest statesmen, encompassing his decades-long fight against slavery and his postwar struggle to bring racial justice to America. Thaddeus Stevens was among the first to see the Civil War as an opportunity for a second American revolution—a chance to remake the country as a genuine multiracial democracy. As one of the foremost abolitionists in Congress in the years leading up to the war, he was a leader of the young Republican Party’s radical wing, fighting for anti-slavery and anti-racist policies long before party colleagues like Abraham Lincoln endorsed them. These policies—including welcoming black men into the Union’s armies—would prove crucial to the Union war effort. During the Reconstruction era that followed, Stevens demanded equal civil and political rights for Black Americans—rights eventually embodied in the 14th and 15th amendments. But while Stevens in many ways pushed his party—and America—towards equality, he also championed ideas too radical for his fellow Congressmen ever to support, such as confiscating large slaveholders’ estates and dividing the land among those who had been enslaved. In Thaddeus Stevens, acclaimed historian Bruce Levine has written a “vital” (The Guardian), “compelling” (James McPherson) biography of one of the most visionary statesmen of the 19th century and a forgotten champion for racial justice in America.