Bøker av Spencer Gantt

What does it take to be recognized as a historian? A PhD, of course, and a lifetime spent reading and researching through piles of boring books; then, publication of another boring book. And "we the People" are expected to take everything the historian writes and utters and accept it as "gospel" without question. But what about the facts which historians ignore or those which don't fit their own "personal opinion"? WHY LINCOLN CHOSE WAR is not boring. And it contains many, many facts which you were never taught in any government school. For instance, why did the perpetrators of American slavery, the New Englanders, become so vehemently opposed to the institution and foster a "hate campaign" against the entire South which continues to this day? Why was a new Constitution which legalized slavery and the slave trade ratified by eight "free states" which claimed to abhor the institution? How did Major Anderson and his men receive food supplies at Fort Moultrie and Fort Sumter? Why was their alleged "starvation" and lack of supplies not made known until just before April 12, 1861? Why was a war fleet dispatched to Charleston to deliver "biscuit and pork" when an unarmed supply ship could have sufficed? Read this book and learn for yourself what public schools never teach in history class. Determine for yourself "why Lincoln chose war". And it was a choice.

This book is written in the fashion of a "chronicle" as a timeline of events regarding the development of chattel slavery from ancient times up to the adoption of the 14th amendment of the American Constitution. It also addresses "Lincoln's War". It is constructed based on the teachings of an 8th grade English teacher at Charleston High School in the late 1950's. She taught that in writing articles for the high school newspaper one should address five facts. They are "what happened, when did it happen, where did it happen, who was involved and who said what".

This title follows the Atlantic Slave Trade from the deep interior of the Dark Continent to the shores of the Caribbean Islands, South America and beyond. Departure and arrival points for 12,000,000 people captured, sold and transported are noted. The slave centers of Europe and New England are described along with the businessmen and ship captains responsible for the Middle Passage. Presented are many facts which are generally distorted or completely ignored by today's mainstream writers and media. Also noted are several books and film which provide surprising facts that are seldom addressed or noted in today's publicationsThis is the fourth book written by Spencer Gantt. His topics generally address subjects such as slavery and Lincoln's War in a manner not typically used by conventional writers. In his books he addresses little known historical facts which are usually distorted or ignored by these writers. He intends to write more books.Spencer is a native South Carolinian ... a graduate of Charleston High School and the University of South Carolina. Although his favorite subjects are history and literature (especially British), he has a Bachelor of Science degree and worked 33 years for the Westinghouse Nuclear Fuel Division. He is married with three grown children and nine grandchildren. Spencer loves his home State from the "mountains to the sea", especially the beaches of Myrtle, Charleston and Hilton Head and the People therein.