Slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction

Most historians of the American Civil War have reached a vague agreement on slavery -- that it somehowcaused the American Civil War. In this essay, Adam Rothman takes a look at recent historiography that attempts to clarify not only how exactly this came about, but also why the Confederacy lost and slavery ended.

• | Author: Adam Rothman
• | Publisher: American Historical Association
• | Publication Date: Jan 01, 2012
• | Number of Pages: 40 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0872291847
• | ISBN-13: 9780872291843