Chandra Manning, a graduate of Mount Holyoke College, received an M.Phil from the National University of Ireland, Galway, and took her Ph.D. at Harvard in 2002. She has lectured in history at Harvard and taught at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington. Currently, she is assistant professor of history at Georgetown University and lives in Alexandria, Virginia, with her husband and son. This is her first book.
"Lincoln and liberty" : why an antislavery president meant war | p. 19 |
"Richmond is a hard road to travel" : gaps between expectation and experience | p. 53 |
"Kingdom coming in the year of Jubilo" : revolution and resistance | p. 81 |
"Mine eyes have seen the glory" : the war and the hand of God | p. 113 |
"Many are the hearts that are weary tonight" : the war in 1864 | p. 147 |
"Slavery's chain done broke at last" : the coming of the end | p. 181 |
Conclusion : what this cruel war was over | p. 213 |
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