Sweeping in scope, this book demonstrates how the Lower Mississippi Valley shaped the outcome of the Civil War and epitomized the destruction of slavery across the American South. Framed as a chronological narrative, this book will appeal to historians and general readers interested in emancipation and the Civil War.
Sweeping in scope, this book demonstrates how the Lower Mississippi Valley shaped the outcome of the Civil War and epitomized the destruction of slavery across the American South. Framed as a chronological narrative, this book will appeal to historians and general readers interested in emancipation and the Civil War.
John C. Rodrigue is the Lawrence and Theresa Salameno Professor in the Department of History at Stonehill College. His book Reconstruction in the Cane Fields (2001) received the Kemper and Leila Williams Prize from the Louisiana Historical Association. He is also a co-editor of one of the volumes of Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867. In 2016-2017, he served as the President of the Louisiana Historical Association.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction Prologue Life - and labor - on the Mississippi Part I. From War for Union to Military Emancipation, 1860-1862: 1. 'An independent power' 2. Of stampedes and free papers 3. 'Broken eggs cannot be mended' 4. 'The unsatisfactory prospect before them' Part II. From Military Emancipation to State Abolition, 1863: 5. 'The return of the seceded states to this Union as slave states' 6. 'Repugnant to the spirit of the age' 7. 'The greatest question ever presented to practical statesmanship' 8. 'The name of 'slavery'' 9. 'Repudiating the emancipation proclamation and reestablishing slavery' Part III. Abolition: State and Federal, 1864: 10. 'Slavery is incompatible with a republican form of government' 11. Of foul combinations and the common object 12. 'The jewel of liberty' 13. 'The virus of slavery is as virulent as it ever was' 14. 'No longer slaves but freedmen' 15. 'So long as a spark of vitality remains in the institution of slavery' 16. 'Freedom, full, broad and unconditional' 17. 'To resolve never again to be reduced to slavery' Part IV. The Destruction of Slavery, 1865: 18. 'The tyrants rod has been broken' 19. 'This cup of liberty' 20. 'Establish things as they were before the war' 21. 'The institution of slavery having been destroyed' 22. 'Americans in America, one and indivisible' Epilogue: Memphis and New Orleans: May 1-3, and July 30, 1866.
Introduction Prologue Life - and labor - on the Mississippi Part I. From War for Union to Military Emancipation, 1860-1862: 1. 'An independent power' 2. Of stampedes and free papers 3. 'Broken eggs cannot be mended' 4. 'The unsatisfactory prospect before them' Part II. From Military Emancipation to State Abolition, 1863: 5. 'The return of the seceded states to this Union as slave states' 6. 'Repugnant to the spirit of the age' 7. 'The greatest question ever presented to practical statesmanship' 8. 'The name of 'slavery'' 9. 'Repudiating the emancipation proclamation and reestablishing slavery' Part III. Abolition: State and Federal, 1864: 10. 'Slavery is incompatible with a republican form of government' 11. Of foul combinations and the common object 12. 'The jewel of liberty' 13. 'The virus of slavery is as virulent as it ever was' 14. 'No longer slaves but freedmen' 15. 'So long as a spark of vitality remains in the institution of slavery' 16. 'Freedom, full, broad and unconditional' 17. 'To resolve never again to be reduced to slavery' Part IV. The Destruction of Slavery, 1865: 18. 'The tyrants rod has been broken' 19. 'This cup of liberty' 20. 'Establish things as they were before the war' 21. 'The institution of slavery having been destroyed' 22. 'Americans in America, one and indivisible' Epilogue: Memphis and New Orleans: May 1-3, and July 30, 1866.
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