The Worst Passions of Human Nature : White Supremacy in the Civil War North.
Escott, Paul D.
The Worst Passions of Human Nature : White Supremacy in the Civil War North. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (249 pages) - A Nation Divided Series . - A Nation Divided Series .
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One. War Hastens Abolition amid Prejudice, 1861-1862 -- Two. The Democratic Opposition, 1861-1862 -- Three. The Emancipation Proclamation and Reactions -- Four. The "Problem" of Freed Slaves -- Five. Freed Slaves in Reality -- Six. Progress in the War but Not in Racial Policy -- Seven. Progress, Political Crisis, and Regression -- Eight. Freedom and the Staying Power of White Supremacy -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- Recent Books in the Series.
Although emancipation represented enormous progress, racism flourished in the North, and assumptions of white supremacy remained powerful and nearly ubiquitous throughout America.
9780813943855
African Americans-Social conditions-To 1964.
Racism-United States-History-19th century.
United States-Race relations-History.
Electronic books.
E185 .E836 2020
305.80097309034
The Worst Passions of Human Nature : White Supremacy in the Civil War North. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (249 pages) - A Nation Divided Series . - A Nation Divided Series .
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One. War Hastens Abolition amid Prejudice, 1861-1862 -- Two. The Democratic Opposition, 1861-1862 -- Three. The Emancipation Proclamation and Reactions -- Four. The "Problem" of Freed Slaves -- Five. Freed Slaves in Reality -- Six. Progress in the War but Not in Racial Policy -- Seven. Progress, Political Crisis, and Regression -- Eight. Freedom and the Staying Power of White Supremacy -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- Recent Books in the Series.
Although emancipation represented enormous progress, racism flourished in the North, and assumptions of white supremacy remained powerful and nearly ubiquitous throughout America.
9780813943855
African Americans-Social conditions-To 1964.
Racism-United States-History-19th century.
United States-Race relations-History.
Electronic books.
E185 .E836 2020
305.80097309034