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Bitter fruits of bondage, the demise of slavery and the collapse of the Confederacy, 1861-1865, Armstead L. Robinson

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Bitter fruits of bondage, the demise of slavery and the collapse of the Confederacy, 1861-1865, Armstead L. Robinson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-326) and index

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government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Bitter fruits of bondage

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

55149609

Responsibility statement

Armstead L. Robinson

Series statement

Carter G. Woodson Institute series

Sub title

the demise of slavery and the collapse of the Confederacy, 1861-1865

Table Of Contents

Armstead L. Robinson, historian of the Confederate States of America / Joseph P. Reidy -- Armstead L. Robinson, historian and discipline builder / Barbara J. Fields -- Introduction -- A "most un-civil war" : slavery and a separate nation -- "Playing thunder" : the impact of slavery on Confederate military strength -- "A people's contest"? : popular disaffection in the Confederacy -- "This war is our war, the cause is our cause" : aristocrats and common soldiers in Confederate camps -- The failure of Southern voluntarism and the collapse of the Upper South frontier -- Invasion of the heartland and the failure to achieve universal conscription -- In the wake of military occupation : disaffection, profiteering, slave unrest, and curbs on civil liberties -- "The carefully fostered hostility of class against class" : demoralization and the fall of Vicksburg -- "A war fought by the weak" : desertions, brigandage, counterinsurgency, anarchy, and the rise of an antiwar movement -- "Every man says that every other man ought to fight" : election losses and the debacle at Missionary Ridge -- Epilogue: Slavery and the death of the Southern revolution

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