Steven L. Dundas

Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory (eBook, PDF)

Religion and the Politics of Race in the Civil War Era and Beyond

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Produktbeschreibung

Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory is a hard-hitting history of the impact of racism and religion on the political, social, and economic development of the American nation from Jamestown to today, in particular the nefarious effects of slavery on U.S. society and history. Going back to England's rise as a colonial power and its use of slavery in its American colonies, Steven L. Dundas examines how racism and the institution of slavery influenced the political and social structure of the United States, beginning with the writing of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Dundas tackles the debates over the Constitution's three-fifths solution on how to count Black Americans as both property and people, the expansion of the republic and slavery, and the legislation enacted to preserve the Union, including the Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act-as well as their disastrous consequences.Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory squarely faces how racism and religion influenced individual and societal debates over slavery, Manifest Destiny, secession, and civil war. Dundas deals with the struggle for abolition, emancipation, citizenship, and electoral franchise for Black Americans, and the fierce and often violent rollback following Reconstruction's end, the civil rights movement, and the social and political implications today.Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory is the story of perpetrators, victims, and bystanders; slaves and slaveholders; preachers, politicians, and propagandists; fire-eaters and firebrands; civil rights leaders and champions of white supremacy; and the ordinary people in the South and the North whose lives were impacted by it all.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Potomac Books
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781640125414
• Artikelnr.: 72304779

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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