An edition of A disease in the public mind
(2013)
A disease in the public mind
a new understanding of why we fought the Civil War
by Thomas J. Fleming
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Why was the United States the only nation in the world to fight a war to end slavery? Fleming looks at the reasons of why the Civil War was fought, and shows that the polarization that divided the North and South and led to the Civil War began decades earlier than most historians are willing to admit-- back almost to the founding of the nation itself.
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Politics and government, Political culture, Slavery, Relations, Causes, Antislavery movements, Biography, History, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, causes, Slavery, united states, Antislavery movements, united states, United states, politics and government, 1815-1861, United states, history, 1815-1861, International relations, Political aspects, War, Politics, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)Places
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A disease in the public mind: a new understanding of why we fought the Civil War
2013
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Table of Contents
Prologue: John Brown's raid
Slavery comes to America
Slavery's great foe
and unintended friend
The first Emancipation Proclamation
One head turning into thirteen
The forgotten emancipator
Thomas Jefferson's nightmare
New England preaches
and almost practices
secession
How not to abolish slavery
New England rediscovers the sacred Union
Another Thomas Jefferson urges Virginia to abolish slavery
The abolitionist who lost his faith
Abolitionism divides and conquers itself
Enter Old Man Eloquent
The slave patrols
The trouble with Texas
Slave power paranoia
From Uncle Tom to John Brown
The real Uncle Tom and the unknown South he helped create
Free soil for free (white) men
The whole world is watching
An ex-president tries to save the Union
The anguish of Robert E. Lee
The end of illusions
The third Emancipation Proclamation
Hunt after the captain
Epilogue: Lincoln's visitor.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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