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The peculiar institution : slavery in the ante-bellum South.

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"Prior to the Civil War southern slavery was America's most profound and vexatious social problem. More than any other problem, slavery nagged at the public conscience; offering no easy solution, it demanded statesmanship of uncommon vision, wisdom, and boldness. This institution deserves...

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Main Author: Stampp, Kenneth M. (Kenneth Milton)
Other title:Slavery in the ante-bellum South.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Knopf, 1956.
Edition:[1st ed.]
Subjects:
Slavery > Economic aspects > Southern States.
Slavery > Southern States > History.
Enslaved persons > Southern States > Social conditions.
African Americans > Southern States > Social conditions.
Southern States > History.
Southern States > Race relations.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • The setting
  • From day clean to first dark
  • A troublesome property
  • To make them stand in fear
  • Chattels personal
  • Slavemongering
  • Maintenance, morbidity, mortality
  • Between two cultures
  • Profit and loss
  • He who has endured.

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