The devil's own work: the Civil War draft riots and the fight to reconstruct America
The dramatic narrative of the largest riots in American history; Nine days after the battle of Gettysburg, the largest riots in American history broke out on the streets of New York City, nearly destroying in four days the financial, industrial, and commercial hub of the nation. As Barnet Schecter d...
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| Zusammenfassung: | The dramatic narrative of the largest riots in American history; Nine days after the battle of Gettysburg, the largest riots in American history broke out on the streets of New York City, nearly destroying in four days the financial, industrial, and commercial hub of the nation. As Barnet Schecter dramatically shows, the riots in New York and other northern cities erupted over the same polarizing issues that divided the nation during the Civil War, and they influenced attitudes across the country. Their aftermath foreshadowed the compromises that would bedevil integration for the next 100 years. Triggered by Abraham Lincoln's imposition of the first federal military draft in American history, which exempted those who could pay |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | XIII, 434 S. Ill. |
| ISBN: | 9780802715081 |
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| adam_text | Titel: The devil s own work
Autor: Schecter, Barnet
Jahr: 2007
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ONTE NT S
Acknowledgments ix
Key Dates and Events xi
Prologue: We Have Not One Devil, But Many to
Contend With 1
1. The Rebel Horde Had Invaded Pennsylvania in Force 9
2. The Battle Lines Are Drawn: Race, Class, and Religion 29
3. Horace Greeley and the Birth of the Republican Party 46
4. Fernando Wood, the Southern Mayor of New York 59
5. Slavery Must Die That the Nation Might Live 77
6. Emancipation and Its Enemies 96
7. A Highwayman s Call on Every American Citizen for
$300 or Your Life 113
8. Down with the Rich Men! : The New York City Draft
Riots Begin 125
9. Chased, Stoned, and Beaten : A Crusade Against Negroes 143
10. Monday Night: The Fiery Nucleus of the Entire Riot 157
11. Government in the Hands of the White Race Alone 171
12. The Police Cannot Much Longer Sustain the Contest 184
viii Contents
13. Doom or Deliverance: Wednesday, July 15-Day Three 201
14. Hellish Passions Culminating in Riots, Arson, and Murder 214
15. The Final Days: Thursday and Friday 224
16. A Plot to Make the Northern States a Battle-Field 240
17. Aftermath: Sitting on Two Volcanoes 253
18. Our Bleeding, Bankrupt, Almost Dying Country 269
19. Villainous Threats of Laying Northern Cities in Ashes 286
20. War s End: Slavery Is Dead, the Demon of Caste Lives On 298
21. Condemnation and Reversal of Negro Suffrage 310
22. Strange Bedfellows: Greeley and the Liberal Republicans 332
23. A Final Devil s Bargain: The End of Reconstruction 353
Appendix. A Walking Tour of Civil War New York 371
Notes 377
Bibliography 413
Index 423
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Titel: The devil's own work
Autor: Schecter, Barnet
Jahr: 2007
G
ONTE NT S
Acknowledgments ix
Key Dates and Events xi
Prologue: "We Have Not One Devil, But Many to
Contend With" 1
1. "The Rebel Horde Had Invaded Pennsylvania in Force" 9
2. The Battle Lines Are Drawn: Race, Class, and Religion 29
3. Horace Greeley and the Birth of the Republican Party 46
4. Fernando Wood, the "Southern" Mayor of New York 59
5. "Slavery Must Die That the Nation Might Live" 77
6. Emancipation and Its Enemies 96
7. "A Highwayman's Call on Every American Citizen for
'$300 or Your Life'" 113
8. "Down with the Rich Men!": The New York City Draft
Riots Begin 125
9. "Chased, Stoned, and Beaten": "A Crusade Against Negroes" 143
10. Monday Night: "The Fiery Nucleus of the Entire Riot" 157
11. "Government in the Hands of the White Race Alone" 171
12. "The Police Cannot Much Longer Sustain the Contest" 184
viii Contents
13. Doom or Deliverance: Wednesday, July 15-Day Three 201
14. "Hellish Passions Culminating in Riots, Arson, and Murder" 214
15. The Final Days: Thursday and Friday 224
16. A Plot to "Make the Northern States a Battle-Field" 240
17. Aftermath: Sitting on Two Volcanoes 253
18. "Our Bleeding, Bankrupt, Almost Dying Country" 269
19. "Villainous Threats of Laying Northern Cities in Ashes" 286
20. War's End: Slavery Is Dead, the "Demon of Caste" Lives On 298
21. "Condemnation and Reversal of Negro Suffrage" 310
22. Strange Bedfellows: Greeley and the Liberal Republicans 332
23. A Final Devil's Bargain: The End of Reconstruction 353
Appendix. A Walking Tour of Civil War New York 371
Notes 377
Bibliography 413
Index 423 |
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