2. Jews and Negro Slavery in the Old South, 1789–1865

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction Before Korn: A Century of Jewish Historical Writing about the American Civil War 1
5. Overview The War between Jewish Brothers in America 27
6. Part I. Jews and Slavery
7. 1. Jews and New Christians in the Atlantic Slave Trade 51
8. 2. Jews and Negro Slavery in the Old South, 1789–1865 87
9. Part II. Jews and Abolition
10. 3. Revolution and Reform The Antebellum Jewish Abolitionists 125
11. 4. The Abolitionists and the Jews Some Further Thoughts 145
12. Part III. Rabbis and the March to War
13. 5. Isaac Mayer Wise and the Civil War 161
14. 6. Baltimore Rabbis during the Civil War 181
15. Part IV. Jewish Soldiers during the Civil War
16. 7. Divided Loyalties in 1861 The Decision of Major Alfred Mordecai 201
17. 8. Jewish Confederates 227
18. 9. From Peddler to Regimental Commander in Two Years The Civil War Career of Major Louis A. Gratz 253
19. Part V. The Home Front
20. 10. Eugenia Levy Phillips The Civil War Experiences of a Southern Jewish Woman 267
21. 11. Shifting Veils Religion, Politics, and Womanhood in the Civil War Writings of American Jewish Women 279
22. Part VI. Jews as a Class
23. 12. “Shoddy” Antisemitism and the Civil War 311
24. 13. Jewish Chaplains during the Civil War 335
25. 14. That Obnoxious Order 353
26. 15. Civil War Exodus The Jews and Grant’s General Order No. 11 363
27. Part VII. Aftermath
28. 16. The Post–Civil War Economy in the South 387
29. 17. Candidate Grant and the Jews 399
30. For Further Reading 411
31. Index 419
32. About the Editors 435