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PublisherBedford/Saint Martin's
ISBN-100312133278
ISBN-139780312133276
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Product Key Features
Number of Pages228 Pages
Publication NameDefending Slavery: Proslavery Thought in the Old South : a Brief History with Documents
LanguageEnglish
SubjectGeneral, Ancient & Classical, United States / General
Publication Year2003
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, History
AuthorPaul Finkelman
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight7.5 Oz
Item Length8.3 in
Item Width5.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2002-111605
Dewey Edition23
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal306.3/620973
Table Of ContentTable of Contents Foreword Preface PART ONE Introduction: Defending Slavery Northerners, Southerners, and Slavery The Legitimacy of Slavery in Earlier Times The Emergence of Slavery in Early America The American Revolution Threatens Slavery The Emergence of Proslavery Thought The Outlines of Antebellum Proslavery Thought Racial Theory and Ideology: The Key to Proslavery Thought PART TWO The Documents Politics, Economics, and Proslavery Thought 1. Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia, 1787 2. John C. Calhoun, Speech in the U.S. Senate, 1837 3. Edmund Ruffin, The Political Economy of Slavery, 1853 4. Thomas R. R. Cobb, Effects of Abolition in the United States, 1858 5. James Henry Hammond, The Mudsill Speech, 1858 6. Alexander Stephens, The Cornerstone Speech , 1861 Religion and Slavery 7. Reverend A.T. Holmes, The Duties of Christian Masters , 1851 8. DeBow's Review, Slavery and the Bible , 1850 9. Protestant Episcopal Convention of South Carolina, Duty of Clergymen in Relation to the Marriage of Slaves, 1859 10. Thornton Stringfellow, The Bible Argument: Or, Slavery in the Light of Divine Revelation, 1860 The Law in Defense of Slavery 11. North Carolina Supreme Court, State v. Mann (Opinion of Thomas Ruffin), 1829 12. U.S. Supreme Court, Dred Scott v. Sandford (Opinion of Roger B. Taney), 1857 13. Thomas R. R. Cobb, What Is Slavery, and Its Foundation in the Natural Law, 1858 Racial Theory and Slavery 14. Samuel Cartwright, Report on the Diseases of and Physical Peculiarities of the Negro Race, 1851 15. William J. Grayson, The Hireling and the Slave, 1854 16. George Fitzhugh, Sociology for the South , 1854, and Cannibals All! 1857 17. Josiah C. Nott, Instincts of Races, 1866 Appendixes A Slavery Chronology (1619-1870) Questions for Consideration Selected Bibliography Index
SynopsisOffering invaluable insights into how slavery shaped American history and continues to affect American society, Defending Slavery: Proslavery Thought in the Old South shares viewpoints from proslavery, Southern thinkers based on religion, politics and law, economics, history, philosophy, expediency, and science.
LC Classification NumberE449.F496 2003
