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The Worst Passions of Human Nature : White Supremacy in the Civil War North.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: A Nation Divided SeriesPublisher: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2020Copyright date: ©2021Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (249 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780813943855
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Worst Passions of Human NatureDDC classification:
  • 305.80097309034
LOC classification:
  • E185 .E836 2020
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: Although emancipation represented enormous progress, racism flourished in the North, and assumptions of white supremacy remained powerful and nearly ubiquitous throughout America.
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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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