Overview
Of the 174 delegates to the Texas convention on secession in 1861, only 8 voted against the motion to secede. James Webb Throckmorton of McKinney was one of them. Yet upon the outbreak of the Civil War, he joined the Confederate Army and fought in a number of campaigns. At war's end, his centrist position as a conservative Unionist ultimately won him election as governor. Still, his refusal to support the Fourteenth Amendment or to protect aggressively the rights and physical welfare of the freed slaves led to clashes with military officials and his removal from office in 1867.Throckmorton's experiences reveal much about southern society and highlight the complexities of politics in Texas during the latter half of the nineteenth century.Because his life spans one of the most turbulent periods in Texas politics, Texas Confederate, Reconstruction Governor, the first book on Throckmorton in nearly seventy years, will provide new insights for anyone interested in the Antebellum era, the Civil War, and the troubled years of Reconstruction.
Full Product Details
Author: Kenneth Wayne Howell
Publisher: Texas A & M University Press
Imprint: Texas A & M University Press
Volume: No. 17
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.612kg
ISBN: 9781603440400
ISBN 10: 1603440402
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 30 January 2009
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Kenneth Howell's James Webb Throckmorton is a thoroughly researched, well-conceived, scholarly work that will stand the test of time, and that makes an important contribution. Howell systematically reviews Throckmorton's life and career, and in the process tells us much about society in the South, in Texas, and especially on the North Texas frontier during three important eras in United States history. --Bruce Glasrud, editor, Buffalo Soldiers in the West: A Black Soldiers Anthology -- Bruce Glasrud, editor, <i>Buffalo Soldiers in the West: </i><i>A</i><i> Black So
Kenneth Howell''s James Webb Throckmorton is a thoroughly researched, well-conceived, scholarly work that will stand the test of time, and that makes an important contribution. Howell systematically reviews Throckmorton''s life and career, and in the process tells us much about society in the South, in Texas, and especially on the North Texas frontier during three important eras in United States history. --Bruce Glasrud, editor, Buffalo Soldiers in the West: A Black Soldiers Anthology --Bruce Glasrud, editor, Buffalo Soldiers in the West: A Black So
Author Information
KENNETH WAYNE HOWELL received his Ph.D. in histroy from Texas A&M University and now serves as assistant professor at Prairie View A&M University. He is author of Henderson County, Texas and coauthor of The Devil's Triangle.
