Slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction (American History Now) - Softcover

Rothman, Associate Professor Of History Adam

 
9780872291843: Slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction (American History Now)

Synopsis

Most historians of the American Civil War have reached a vague agreement on slavery -- that it somehowcaused the American Civil War. In this essay, Adam Rothman takes a look at recent historiography that attempts to clarify not only how exactly this came about, but also why the Confederacy lost and slavery ended.

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About the Author

Adam Rothman is associate professor of history at Georgetown University. He is the author of Slave Country: American Expansion and the Origins of the Deep South (2005).

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