"A Government of Our Own": The Making of the Confederacy - Softcover

Davis, William C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807121770 ISBN 13: 9780807121771

Publisher: Louisiana State University Press, 1997

Synopsis

Describes the formation of the Confederate government, and in particular, the four months in 1861 when delegates from all over the South met in Montgomery, Alabama to establish the short-lived nation. Examines the men, most of whom owned slaves and were practicing members of the bar, who framed the constitution, slavery (a rather uncompassionate view of it), the Civil War, and the unraveling of the notorious Southern government. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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Synopsis:

Describes the formation of the Confederate government, and in particular, the four months in 1861 when delegates from all over the South met in Montgomery, Alabama to establish the short-lived nation. Examines the men, most of whom owned slaves and were practicing members of the bar, who framed the constitution, slavery (a rather uncompassionate vi

About this edition

• Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0807121770
• ISBN 13: 9780807121771
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 576