ePub Frederick Douglass: Oratory from Slavery (Great American Orators) by David B. Chesebrough in History

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This book comprehensively covers the wide geographical range of the northern home fronts during the Civil War; emphasizing the diverse ways people interpreted; responded to; and adapted to war by their ideas; interests; and actions.• Contemporary illustrations from illustrated magazines such as Harper's Weekly and Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper• Lithographs depicting such activities as women and men at work making armaments; people examining wares at a Sanitary Fair; nurses tending to soldiers in hospitals; and immigrants; workers; and others in dissent• Period photographs of subjects such as supply depots filled with material for war; women making flags for regiments; and recruiting activities• A map of the northern states • An extensive and extremely detailed bibliographical essay