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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robinson, Armstead L., author.

Series:

Carter G. Woodson Institute Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--Confederate States of America.

Slavery.

Confederate States of America--History.

Confederate States of America.

Confederate States of America--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (415 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville, Virginia : University of Virginia Press, [2005]

Summary:

Bitter Fruits of Bondage by Armstead L. Robinson delves into the demise of slavery and the collapse of the Confederacy from 1861 to 1865. The book explores the complex interactions between military events and public policy, focusing on the Mississippi River Valley. Robinson argues that the internal tensions between wealthy slaveholders and smallholding farmers undermined Confederate unity. The mass movement of enslaved individuals seeking freedom further strained the Confederacy's social fabric. Drawing from social history and influences from scholars like W.E.B. Du Bois, Robinson provides a detailed analysis of the period, using primary sources and official records to shed light on the Confederate States' failures. The book is intended for historians and readers interested in Civil War history and the socio-political dynamics of the era. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Cover

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Armstead L. Robinson, Historian of the Confederate States of America, by Joseph P. Reidy

Armstead L. Robinson, Historian and Discipline Builder, by Barbara J. Fields

Publisher’s Note

Introduction

Chapter One: A “Most Un-Civil War”: Slavery and a Separate Nation

Chapter Two: “Playing Thunder”: The Impact of Slavery on Confederate Military Strength

Chapter Three: “A People’s Contest”? Popular Disaffection in the Confederacy

Chapter Four: “This War Is Our War, the Cause Is Our Cause”: Aristocrats and Common Soldiers in Confederate Camps

Chapter Five: The Failure of Southern Voluntarism and the Collapse of the Upper South Frontier

Chapter Six: Invasion of the Heartland and the Failure to Achieve Universal Conscription

Chapter Seven: In the Wake of Military Occupation: Disaffection, Profiteering, Slave Unrest, and Curbs on Civil Liberties

Chapter Eight: “The Carefully Fostered Hostility of Class against Class”: Demoralization and the Fall of Vicksburg

Chapter Nine: “A War Fought by the Weak”: Desertions, Brigandage, Counterinsurgency, Anarchy, and the Rise of an Antiwar Movement

Chapter Ten: “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

Notes

Index

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ISBN:

9780813953175

0813953170

OCLC:

1452593953