This book PDF is perfect for those who love History genre, written by Cynthia Nicoletti and published by Cambridge University Press which was released on 19 October 2017 with total hardcover pages 359. You could read this book directly on your devices with pdf, epub and kindle format, check detail and related Secession on Trial books below.
| Author | : Cynthia Nicoletti |
| File Size | : 48,8 Mb |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Language | : English |
| Release Date | : 19 October 2017 |
| ISBN | : 9781108415521 |
| Pages | : 359 pages |
This book explores the treason trial of President Jefferson Davis, where the question of secession's constitutionality was debated.
This book explores the treason trial of President Jefferson Davis, where the question of secession's constitutionality was debated.
Get BookIn the immediate aftermath of the Civil War, federal officials captured, imprisoned, and indicted Jefferson Davis for treason. If found guilty, the former Confederate president faced execution for his role in levying war against the United States. Although the federal government pursued the charges for over four years, the case
Get Book“A masterwork [by] the preeminent historian of the Civil War era.”—Boston Globe Selected as a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times Book Review, this landmark work gives us a definitive account of Lincoln's lifelong engagement with the nation's critical issue: American slavery. A master historian,
Get BookThe secession of the southern states from the Union was not merely a culmination of certain events; it was also the beginning of the trial of Confederate nationalism. The slaveholding elite which had led the South out of the Union now had to solidify its support among the nonslaveholding small
Get BookDavid French warns of the potential dangers to the country—and the world—if we don’t summon the courage to reconcile our political differences. Two decades into the 21st Century, the U.S. is less united than at any time in our history since the Civil War. We are
Get BookWith Malice toward Some: Treason and Loyalty in the Civil War Era
Get BookFrom journalist and historian Richard Kreitner, a "powerful revisionist account"of the most persistent idea in American history: these supposedly United States should be broken up (Eric Foner). The novel and fiery thesis of Break It Up is simple: The United States has never lived up to its name—and
Get Book1865. The Civil War is over, and the South lies in ruins. But for some people, former slaveholders have not been punished enough. A cabal of powerful men, led by Charles A. Dana, the assistant secretary of war, plot to break the spirit of the South once and for all -
Get Book