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"What shall we do with the Negro?" : Lincoln, white racism, and Civil War America

by: Escott, Paul D., 1947-

Publication date: 2009

Topics: Geconfedereerde Staten, Schwarze -- USA -- Geschichte 19. Jh, Slaves -- Emancipation, Whites -- Attitudes, Zwarten, Slavernij, Race -- Political aspects, Race relations, Racism, Relations with African Americans, USA, Rassenverhoudingen, Amerikaanse burgeroorlog, United States, Verenigde Staten, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Relations with African Americans, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Political and social views, Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, Lincoln, Abraham -- Rassismus, Lincoln, Abraham -- Schwarze, Lincoln, Abraham, Lincoln, Abraham -- Sklaverei, University of South Alabama, United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865, United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century, African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 19th century, Slaves -- Emancipation -- United States, Race -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century, African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- History -- 19th century, Whites -- United States -- Attitudes -- History -- 19th century, Racism -- United States -- History -- 19th century, African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc, African Americans -- Civil rights, Politics and government, Political and social views, Rassismus, Sezessionskrieg 1861-1865, Sezessionskrieg (1861-1865), Rassenbeziehung -- USA -- Geschichte 19. Jh, Sezessionskrieg -- Schwarze, Rassismus -- USA -- Geschichte 19. Jh, Bürgerkrieg

Publisher: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press

Collection: marygrovecollege; internetarchivebooks; americana; inlibrary; printdisabled

Contributor: Internet Archive

Language: English

xviii, 304 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : 24 cm

Consulting a broad range of contemporary newspapers, magazines, books, army records, government documents, publications of citizens' organizations, letters, diaries, and other sources, Paul D. Escott examines the attitudes and actions of Northerners and Southerners regarding the future of African Americans after the end of slavery. -- From publisher description

Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-292) and index

Prologue : First declarations -- pt. 1. Northern developments -- The North confronts the question -- War's proving ground -- Amnesty, apprenticeship, and the freedmen's future -- Politics, emancipation, and Black rights -- pt. 2. Southern developments -- Slavery, war, and the slaveholder's mind -- Heresy, dogma, and the Confederate debate -- pt. 3. Confluence -- The Hampton Roads conference -- 1865 and beyond -- Appendix : A brief, additional note on a vast historiography