1865 Alabama: From Civil War to Uncivil Peace. Christopher Lyle McIlwain
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ISBN: 9780817361938 | 376 pages | 10 Mb
- 1865 Alabama: From Civil War to Uncivil Peace
- Christopher Lyle McIlwain
- Page: 376
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- ISBN: 9780817361938
- Publisher: University of Alabama Press
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The epic final year of the Civil War in Alabama and its effects on Alabama politics today To understand Alabama today, it's necessary to understand what happened in 1865. In 1865 Alabama: From Civil War to Uncivil Peace Christopher McIlwain examines the end of the Civil War and the early days of Reconstruction, tracing how the action—and inaction—of leaders in the state during those twelve months shaped the decades that followed as well as state politics today. McIlwain focuses on four factors: the immediate and unconditional emancipation of enslaved people, the destruction of Alabama’s industrial economy, significant broadening of northern support for suffrage rights for freedmen, and a long scarcity of investment capital. Each element proves important to understanding aspects of Alabama today. Relevant events outside Alabama are woven into the narrative, including McIlwain’s controversial argument regarding the effect of Lincoln’s assassination. Most historians assume that Lincoln favored black suffrage and that he would have led the fight to impose that on the South. But he made it clear to his cabinet members that granting suffrage rights was a matter to be decided by the southern states, not the federal government. Thus, according to McIlwain, if Lincoln had lived, black suffrage would not have been the issue it became in Alabama. In his fresh analysis of what really happened in Alabama in 1865 and why—McIlwain illuminates that Alabama's challenges were neither entirely the fault of northern or southern policies but rather the complex interaction between the two.
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1865 Alabama: From Civil War to Uncivil Peace at the Alabama Department of Archives and History (ADAH) in Montgomery. In his recent book
1865 Alabama: From Civil War to Uncivil Peace
The year 1865 is critically important to an accurate understanding of Alabama's present. In 1865 Alabama: From Civil War to Uncivil Peace Christopher Lyle
1865 Alabama: From Civil War to Uncivil Peace
In 1865 Alabama: From Civil War to Uncivil Peace Christopher McIlwain examines the end of the Civil War and the early days of Reconstruction, tracing how the
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1865 Alabama: From Civil War to Uncivil Peace by McIlwain, Christopher Lyle - ISBN 10: 0817319530 - ISBN 13: 9780817319533 - University Alabama Press - 2017
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1865 Alabama: From Civil War to Uncivil Peace
In 1865 Alabama: From Civil War to Uncivil Peace Christopher McIlwain examines the end of the Civil War and the early days of Reconstruction, tracing how the