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The peculiar institution : slavery in the ante-bellum South Cover Image Book

The peculiar institution : slavery in the ante-bellum South / by Kenneth M. Stampp.

Slavery in the ante-bellum South (portion title)
Stampp, Kenneth M. (Kenneth Milton) (Author).

Summary:

A study of slavery in the South prior to the Civil War relates the plight of the slaves to the broad social problems of that time.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0679723072
  • ISBN: 9780679723073
  • Physical Description: xi, 435, xiii pages ; 21 cm
  • Edition: Vintage Books edition
  • Publisher: New York : Vintage Books, [1996], 1989.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Reprint of the 1989 Vintage Books edition.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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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Subject:
African Americans > Southern States > Social conditions.
Enslaved persons > Southern States > Social conditions.
Slavery > Economic aspects > Southern States.
Slavery > Southern States > History.
Southern States > History.
Southern States > Race relations.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.

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Jacksonville Main Library 306.362 STA (Text) 36015000670188 Adult Nonfiction Available -