The Negro and the Nation

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Author

Merriam, George Spring, 1843-1914

Title

The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement

Credits

Produced by Suzanne Shell, Janet Blenkinship and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

E151: History: America: United States

Subject

Slavery -- United States -- History

Category

Text

eBook-No.

24613

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24613

Release Date

February 14, 2008

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE NEGRO AND THE NATION — A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement — BY
2. 2.GEORGE S. MERRIAM
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.THE NEGRO AND THE NATION
5. 5.CHAPTER I — HOW SLAVERY GREW IN AMERICA
6. 6.CHAPTER II — THE ACTS OF THE FATHERS
7. 7.CHAPTER III — CONFLICT AND COMPROMISE
8. 8.CHAPTER IV — THE WIDENING RIFT
9. 9.CHAPTER V — CALHOUN AND GARRISON
10. 10.CHAPTER VI — BIRNEY, CHANNING, AND WEBSTER
11. 11.CHAPTER VII — THE UNDERLYING FORCES
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII — THE MEXICAN WAR
13. 13.CHAPTER IX — HOW DEAL WITH THE TERRITORIES?
14. 14.CHAPTER X — THE COMPROMISE OF 1850
15. 15.CHAPTER XI — A LULL AND A RETROSPECT
16. 16.CHAPTER XII — SLAVERY AS IT WAS
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII — THE STRUGGLE FOR KANSAS
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV — "FREMONT AND FREEDOM" — FOOTNOTES:
19. 19.CHAPTER XV — THREE TYPICAL SOUTHERNERS
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI — SOME NORTHERN LEADERS
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII — DRED SCOTT AND LECOMPTON
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII — JOHN BROWN
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX — ABRAHAM LINCOLN
24. 24.CHAPTER XX — THE ELECTION OF 1860
25. 25.CHAPTER XXI — FACE TO FACE
26. 26.CHAPTER XXII — HOW THEY DIFFERED
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII — WHY THEY FOUGHT
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV
29. 29.CHAPTER XXV — THE CIVIL WAR
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVI — EMANCIPATION BEGUN
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVII — EMANCIPATION ACHIEVED
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVIII — RECONSTRUCTION: EXPERIMENTS AND IDEALS
33. 33.CHAPTER XXIX — RECONSTRUCTION: THE FIRST PLAN
34. 34.CHAPTER XXX — CONGRESS AND THE "BLACK CODES"
35. 35.CHAPTER XXXI — RECONSTRUCTION: THE SECOND PLAN
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXII — RECONSTRUCTION: THE FINAL PLAN
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXIII — RECONSTRUCTION: THE WORKING OUT
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIV — THREE TROUBLED STATES
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXV — RECONSTRUCTION: THE LAST ACT
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXVI — REGENERATION
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVII — ARMSTRONG
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVIII — EVOLUTION
43. 43.CHAPTER XXXIX — EBB AND FLOW — FOOTNOTES:
44. 44.CHAPTER XL — LOOKING FORWARD
45. 45.INDEX — THE END

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