Steven L. Dundas tells the epic story of how religion and racial ideology influenced slavery, emancipation, reconstruction, Jim Crow, and today’s struggles for civil rights.
Steven L. Dundas tells the epic story of how religion and racial ideology influenced slavery, emancipation, reconstruction, Jim Crow, and today’s struggles for civil rights.
Steven L. Dundas has served thirty-nine years in the U.S. Army and Navy. He is a former assistant professor at the Joint Forces Staff College, National Defense University, and a retired chaplain with the U.S. Navy. For decades Dundas has been researching and writing on history, the impact of religion on society, international affairs, military operations, and ethics.
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List of Illustrations Preface: The First Duty Acknowledgments 1. America’s Original Sin: Slavery from 1619 to 1790 2. A Struggle to the Death: War Cannot Be Separated from Ideology, Politics, or Religion 3. I Hate Them with Perfect Hatred: Religion, Ideology, and Modern War 4. They Shall Be Your Bond-Men Forever: Human Beings as Property 5. The Privilege of Belonging to the Superior Race: Slavery and National Expansion 6. A Gross Violation of a Sacred Pledge: Collapse of the Whig Party 7. I Will Be Heard!: Religion, Ideology, and the Abolitionist Movement 8. An Institution Sanctioned by God: Southern Religious Support of Slavery 9. The Triumphs of Christianity Rest on Slavery: Holy Warriors at the Forefront 10. With God as Our Champion: The Confederate Union of Church and State 11. They Have Closed the Heavy Doors: The Dred Scott Decision 12. Portents Hang on All the Arches of the Horizon: The Bloody Battle for Kansas 13. General Jackson Is Dead: The Lecompton Constitution Controversy 14. Cuba Must Be Ours: Fire-Eaters and Filibusters Spread Slavery 15. The Final Kingdom Has Arisen: Hubris and Fanaticism Bring On the War 16. The South Will Never Submit: Lincoln and the Choice for Secession and War 17. Whom the Gods Intend to Destroy: The Madness of Southern Extremists 18. The Heather Is On Fire: Politics, Religion, and War 19. Sound the Loud Timbrel: The Emancipation Proclamation 20. I Knew What I Was Fighting For: Black Soldiers in the Civil War and After 21. Reconstruction and Redemption: The Failure to Win the Peace 22. The Failure of Will: Reconstruction’s End and Return to White Rule 23. A New Religion: The Noble Confederacy and the Lost Cause Epilogue: The Past Is Always Present Notes Bibliography Index
List of Illustrations Preface: The First Duty Acknowledgments 1. America’s Original Sin: Slavery from 1619 to 1790 2. A Struggle to the Death: War Cannot Be Separated from Ideology, Politics, or Religion 3. I Hate Them with Perfect Hatred: Religion, Ideology, and Modern War 4. They Shall Be Your Bond-Men Forever: Human Beings as Property 5. The Privilege of Belonging to the Superior Race: Slavery and National Expansion 6. A Gross Violation of a Sacred Pledge: Collapse of the Whig Party 7. I Will Be Heard!: Religion, Ideology, and the Abolitionist Movement 8. An Institution Sanctioned by God: Southern Religious Support of Slavery 9. The Triumphs of Christianity Rest on Slavery: Holy Warriors at the Forefront 10. With God as Our Champion: The Confederate Union of Church and State 11. They Have Closed the Heavy Doors: The Dred Scott Decision 12. Portents Hang on All the Arches of the Horizon: The Bloody Battle for Kansas 13. General Jackson Is Dead: The Lecompton Constitution Controversy 14. Cuba Must Be Ours: Fire-Eaters and Filibusters Spread Slavery 15. The Final Kingdom Has Arisen: Hubris and Fanaticism Bring On the War 16. The South Will Never Submit: Lincoln and the Choice for Secession and War 17. Whom the Gods Intend to Destroy: The Madness of Southern Extremists 18. The Heather Is On Fire: Politics, Religion, and War 19. Sound the Loud Timbrel: The Emancipation Proclamation 20. I Knew What I Was Fighting For: Black Soldiers in the Civil War and After 21. Reconstruction and Redemption: The Failure to Win the Peace 22. The Failure of Will: Reconstruction’s End and Return to White Rule 23. A New Religion: The Noble Confederacy and the Lost Cause Epilogue: The Past Is Always Present Notes Bibliography Index
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