Deliver Us from Evil - The Slavery Question in the Old South

Zusatztext Rarely has anyone heard this case made with the force and detail that Lacy K. Ford, chairman of the University of South Carolina's history department, has pulled together in his important new work... Those seeking the slaves' perspective won't find much here, as the author readily notes up front, but there's arguably no single better book for anyone wishing to explore the mind-set that kept them in chains. Informationen zum Autor Professor of History, University of South Carolina Klappentext A major contribution to our understanding of slavery in the early republic, Deliver Us from Evil illuminates the white South's twisted and tortured efforts to justify slavery, focusing on the period from the drafting of the federal constitution in 1787 through the age of Jackson. Zusammenfassung Captures the white South's intellectual, social, and political interests shaping "the slavery question" from the founding through the Jacksonian era. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part One: The Upper South's Travail Chapter 1 : Owning Slaves, Disowning Slavery Chapter 2 Rebellion and Reaction Part Two: The Lower South's Embrace of Slavery Chapter 3 Opening the Slave Trade Chapter 4 Extending Slavery Part Three: Paternalism Rising Chapter 5 Paternalism Emerges Chapter 6 Paternalism Contested Part Four: Paternalism in Crisis Chapter 7 The Scare Chapter 8 Analyzing the Scare Chapter 9 Reacting to the Scare Section Five: Words and Deeds Chapter 10 Discourses of Colonization Chapter 11 Rumors and Insurrection Part Six: The Upper South Responds Chapter 12 The Upper South Debates Slavery and Colonization Chapter 13 Tennessee Debates Slavery Chapter 14 Ending Free Black Suffrage in North Carolina Section Seven: The Lower South Responds Chapter 15 Reaction in the Lower South Chapter 16 Abolition Poison and Southern Antidotes Chapter 17 The Ideological Reconfiguration of Slavery in the Lower South Conclusion Notes ...

Product details

• Authors: Lacy K Ford, Lacy K Jr. Ford, Lacy K. Ford, Ford Lacy K.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2011
• EAN: 9780199832439
• ISBN: 978-0-19-983243-9
• No. of pages: 688
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, History of the Americas, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Southeastern & South Atlantic States, C 1700 To C 1800, US South: South Atlantic States, Slavery, enslaved persons and abolition of slavery