Books written by William G. Thomas
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A Question of Freedom: The Families Who Challenged Slavery from the Nation’s Founding to the Civil War
The standard biography of Luther Martin is Paul S. Clarkson and R. Samuel Jett, Luther Martin of Maryland (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1970). Clarkson and Jett depict Martin as the “slave's counsel” and an advocate for ...
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The Iron Way: Railroads, the Civil War, and the Making of Modern America
William W. Freehling, The Road to Disunion: Secessionists Triumphant, 1854-1861 (New York: Oxford University Press, 2007), 406. 18. On the speed of disunion, see David M. Potter, The Impending Crisis, 1848-1861 (New York: Harper, 1977).
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A Question of Freedom: The Families Who Challenged Slavery from the Nation's Founding to the Civil War
William W. Freehling, The Road to Disunion: Secessionists at Bay, 1776–1854 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990), 308–324; Freeman, Field of Blood, 116–141; United States' Telegraph, December 22, 31, 1835; David C. Frederick, ...
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Massacre, Murder and Mayhem in the Rocky Mountain West
Massacre, Murder and Mayhem in the Rocky Mountain West
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The Civil War on the Web: A Guide to the Very Best Sites
The growing public interest in the Civil War has generated over 600,000 different websites on the subject. The Civil War on the Web gives researchers everything they need to narrow...