Liberty and slavery : European separatists, southern secession, and the American Civil War / Niels Eichhorn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eichhorn, Niels, 1984- author.

Series:

Conflicting worlds : new dimensions of the American Civil War.

Conflicting worlds : new dimensions of the American Civil War

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Separatist movements--History--19th century.

Separatist movements.

Emigration and immigration.

History.

Antislavery movements.

Liberty.

Europe--History--Autonomy and independence movements.

Europe.

Autonomy and independence movements.

Secession--Southern States.

Secession.

Southern States.

Forty-Eighters (American immigrants).

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, Foreign.

United States.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Causes.

Liberty--History--19th century.

Antislavery movements--History--19th century.

Europe--Emigration and immigration--History--19th century.

United States--Emigration and immigration--History--19th century.

Military participation--Foreign.

War--Causes.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

x, 202 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2019]

Summary:

"In Liberty and Slavery, Niels Eichhorn suggests that the language of slavery--the essence of human oppression--was a crucial component for revolutionary struggles, especially separatist ones, in Europe in the first half of the nineteenth century. By tracing separatist uprisings and revolutionaries from 1830 and 1848 to 1861, his study shows that separatism was a widespread phenomenon during the nineteenth century and that the southern Confederacy in America was nothing unique. In addition, by looking at the language of slavery, which served to justify separatism in places like Poland and Hungary but not Ireland or Schleswig-Holstein, Eichhorn's work provides additional answers to why European separatists sided with the Union rather than the Confederacy during the American Civil War. He places the events in North America in a broader international framework and illustrates important complexities regarding trans-Atlantic migration studies"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: The separatist Atlantic world

The revolutions of 1830

1848 in the North Atlantic revolutionary world

European secessionist migration

Antebellum separatist interaction

Secession and a separatist's dilemma

North America's separatist revolution

The defeat of secession in the North Atlantic.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-196) and index.

ISBN:

9780807171677

0807171670

OCLC:

1099208499