What shall we do with the Negro?
Subtitle: Lincoln, white racism, and Civil War America
By: Paul D. Escott.
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Charlottesville
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9780813927862
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, -- 1809-1865 -- Political and social views; Lincoln, Abraham, -- 1809-1865 -- Relations with African Americans; Slaves -- Emancipation -- United States; African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 19th century; African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- History -- 19th century; Race -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Racism -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Whites -- United States -- Attitudes -- History -- 19th century; United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century; United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865
Description: Consulting a broad range of contemporary newspapers, magazines, books, army records, government documents, publications of citizens' organizations, letters, diaries, and other sources, Paul D. Escott examines the attitudes and actions of Northerners and Southerners regarding the future of African Americans after the end of slavery. -- From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The North confronts the question; title: War's proving ground; title: Amnesty, apprenticeship, and the freedmen's future; title: Politics, emancipation, and Black rights; title: Slavery, war, and the slaveholder's mind; title: Heresy, dogma, and the Confederate debate; title: The Hampton Roads conference; title: And beyond; title: Appendix: a brief, additional note on a vast historiography.