Henry Toole Clark : Civil War governor of North Carolina / R. Matthew Poteat ; foreword by Joe A. Mobley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Poteat, R. Matthew, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clark, Henry T. (Henry Toole), 1808-1874.

Clark, Henry T.

Governors--North Carolina--Biography.

Governors.

North Carolina.

North Carolina--Politics and government--1861-1865.

Politics and government.

North Carolina--Politics and government--1775-1865.

North Carolina--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

x, 207 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2009]

Summary:

"This is the first in-depth, comprehensive biography of Henry Toole Clark, North Carolina's second Civil War governor. It explores Clark's role as a member of the Old South's planter elite and his change in status after the war, his slaveholding business, the constitutional crisis that made him governor, and his career during years of Reconstruction"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Frontier aristocrats

Coming into his own

"We rely upon his honesty"

"North Carolina has been neglected"

"With no man to protect us"

"That odious constitution".

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-201) and index.

ISBN:

9780786437283

0786437286

OCLC:

270109651