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Author Robinson, Armstead L.

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

Publication Info. Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2005.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  973.713 R658B    Check Shelf
Description xviii, 352 pages ; 25 cm.
Series Carter G. Woodson Institute series
Carter G. Woodson Institute series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-326) and index.
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.
Subject Slavery -- Confederate States of America.
Confederate States of America -- History.
Confederate States of America -- Social conditions.
ISBN 0813923093 cloth alkaline paper
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