The gray and the black
Subtitle: the Confederate debate on emancipation
By: Robert F. Durden, with a new preface by the author.
Edition: Louisiana pbk. ed.
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Baton Rouge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 305
Subjects: Slaves -- Emancipation -- Confederate States of America.; Slaves -- Emancipation -- Confederate States of America -- Public opinion.; Public opinion -- Confederate States of America.; Slaves -- Southern States -- History -- Sources.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- African Americans -- Sources.; Southern States -- Race relations.
Genres: Sources.
Description: "In The Gray and the Black, Robert F. Durden reconstructs the intensely passionate debate that cuts to the heart of what the war was about for the South. Throughout his narrative, Durden lets the participants speak for themselves - in journal extracts, newspaper articles, letters, and speeches.

These documents and Durden's perceptive commentary demonstrate with sad finality that, when faced with this ultimate choice, southerners, with certain fascinating exceptions, could not bring themselves to abandon the "peculiar institution.""--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.