"The Militant South, 1800–1861" John Hope Franklin (Harvard University Press, 1956)



The Militant South, 1800–1861
John Hope Franklin (1915–2009)
Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
1956 (First Edition)

A study of the thread of violence that runs through the history of the American South. The book examines militant defenses such as slave laws, hostility toward Native Americans, Southern involvements in Cuba and Nicaragua, dueling, the growth of military schools, etc.


Table of Contents

1 Background of Violencepage
2 Fighters' Fatherlandpage
3 Personal Warfarepage
4 A Militant Gentrypage
5 Defending The Cornerstonepage
6 Militant Expansionismpage
7 A Little Learningpage
8 West Points of the Southpage
9 The Citizen Soldierypage
10 Literary and Social Echoespage
11 Toward a Unified Southpage
12 Ready to Fightpage
Bibliographical Essaypage





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