The Rebel General's Loyal Bride: a True Picture of Scenes in the Late Civil War
The book The Rebel General's Loyal Bride: a True Picture of Scenes in the Late Civil War was written by author Here you can read free online of The Rebel General's Loyal Bride: a True Picture of Scenes in the Late Civil War book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Rebel General's Loyal Bride: a True Picture of Scenes in the Late Civil War a good or bad book?
Where can I read The Rebel General's Loyal Bride: a True Picture of Scenes in the Late Civil War for free?
In our eReader you can find the full English version of the book. Read The Rebel General's Loyal Bride: a True Picture of Scenes in the Late Civil War Online - link to read the book on full screen. Our eReader also allows you to upload and read Pdf, Txt, ePub and fb2 books. In the Mini eReder on the page below you can quickly view all pages of the book - Read Book The Rebel General's Loyal Bride: a True Picture of Scenes in the Late Civil War
In our eReader you can find the full English version of the book. Read The Rebel General's Loyal Bride: a True Picture of Scenes in the Late Civil War Online - link to read the book on full screen. Our eReader also allows you to upload and read Pdf, Txt, ePub and fb2 books. In the Mini eReder on the page below you can quickly view all pages of the book - Read Book The Rebel General's Loyal Bride: a True Picture of Scenes in the Late Civil War
What reading level is The Rebel General's Loyal Bride: a True Picture of Scenes in the Late Civil War book?
To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
I believed in State rights, and that, when Virginia went into the Union, she reserved the riglit to secede ' when- ever that Union should be perverted to the injury or op- pression of her people.' Slavery had come down to us with our estates from past generations. I felt it to be an evil, and a wrong to the human race ; but to us it seemed to be a necessary wrong. We could not fling it off like an old garment. It was our capital, our support, — the foundation of our prosperity, and yet our curs...e.
" To get rid of it without bloodshed would have in- volved one of the most difficult problems for human solution. To do it at the Xorth, where there were but a few slaves, was easy enough ; but, where they composed more than a third of the whole population, it was another matter. We could not agree to abolish it among ourselves ; that was impossible : yet we felt as if the North had no business to interfere with our pecu- liar institutions. We thought we had been defamed, wronged, and had terms dictated to us too much by your Northern people in Congress.
What to read after The Rebel General's Loyal Bride: a True Picture of Scenes in the Late Civil War?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Wilmer, Richard Hooker, 1918-, Former Owner to read onlineMoreLess
To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
I believed in State rights, and that, when Virginia went into the Union, she reserved the riglit to secede ' when- ever that Union should be perverted to the injury or op- pression of her people.' Slavery had come down to us with our estates from past generations. I felt it to be an evil, and a wrong to the human race ; but to us it seemed to be a necessary wrong. We could not fling it off like an old garment. It was our capital, our support, — the foundation of our prosperity, and yet our curs...e.
" To get rid of it without bloodshed would have in- volved one of the most difficult problems for human solution. To do it at the Xorth, where there were but a few slaves, was easy enough ; but, where they composed more than a third of the whole population, it was another matter. We could not agree to abolish it among ourselves ; that was impossible : yet we felt as if the North had no business to interfere with our pecu- liar institutions. We thought we had been defamed, wronged, and had terms dictated to us too much by your Northern people in Congress.
What to read after The Rebel General's Loyal Bride: a True Picture of Scenes in the Late Civil War?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Wilmer, Richard Hooker, 1918-, Former Owner to read onlineMoreLess
Write Review:
Guest
Read Also
10 / 10
7 / 10
User Reviews: