Product Description: The Confederacy in its waning days turned to the idea of arming slaves, as leaders such as Jefferson Davis attempted to force the South to sacrifice one of its war aims - the preservation of slavery - in order to achieve an independent southern nation...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Like the majority of the founders of large philanthropic foundations in the United States, James B. Duke assumed that the Duke Endowment, which he established in 1924, would continue its charitable activity forever. Lasting Legacy to the Carolinas is an examination of the history of this foundation and the ways in which it has—and has not—followed Duke’s original design...read more

A biography of the son of former slaves who received a Ph.D. in history from Harvard and devoted his life to bringing the achievements of his race to the world's attention

Product Description: This is the history of Washington Duke and two of his sons, Benjamin Newton Duke and James Buchanan Duke. Although numerous other members of the family play their parts in the story it focuses primarily on the three men who were at the center of the economic and philanthropic activities which made the Dukes of Durham one of America's famous families...read more