This study of slavery focuses initially on the drastic revisions in the historical debate on slavery and the present understanding of ?the peculiar institution.” It gives a concise explanation of the
The Divided Union is an account of five of the most dramatic and tragic years in the history of the U.S.?The families and neighbors of a fledgling superpower were pitted against each other in a war co
The conviction that the American Civil War left a massive legacy to the country has generally been much clearer than the definition of what that legacy is. Did the war, as Ulysses S. Grant believed, b