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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

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