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The Worst Passions of Human Nature: White Supremacy in the Civil War North

By Paul D. Escott

Book information

Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Year
2020
ISBN
0813943841, 9780813943848
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
1 MB (1239356 bytes)
Series
A Nation Divided
Pages
248\0
Time added
2021-04-17 07:47:50

Description

The American North’s commitment to preventing a southern secession rooted in slaveholding suggests a society united in its opposition to slavery and racial inequality. The reality, however, was far more complex and troubling. In his latest book, Paul Escott lays bare the contrast between progress on emancipation and the persistence of white supremacy in the Civil War North. Escott analyzes northern politics, as well as the racial attitudes revealed in the era’s literature, to expose the nearly ubiquitous racism that flourished in all of American society and culture.

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