Unrequited Toil - A History of United States Slavery

Introduces the essential history of slavery from the American Revolution to post-Civil War Reconstruction in twelve thematic chapters.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Counter-revolutionaries; 2. Slow death for slavery; 3. Cotton empire; 4. Black insurgency; 5. Financial chains; 6. Life in the quotidian; 7. Landscape of sexual violence; 8. Industrial discipline; 9. Narratives; 10. Geopolitics; 11. Abolition war; 12. No justice, no peace; Conclusion.

About the author

Calvin Schermerhorn is a Professor in the School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies at Arizona State University. He is author of The Business of Slavery and the Rise of American Capitalism, 1815–1860 (2015), co-editor of Henry Goings's Rambles of A Runaway from Southern Slavery (2012), and author of Money over Mastery, Family over Freedom: Slavery in the Antebellum Upper South (2011).

Summary

Written as an introduction for undergraduate students, Unrequited Toil explores the history of American slavery from the American Revolution to post-Civil War Reconstruction. Personal narratives are used across twelve chronologically ordered chapters to explore themes such as politics, economics, labor, literature, rebellion, and social conditions.

Product details

• Authors: Calvin Schermerhorn, Calvin (Arizona State University) Schermerhorn, Professor Calvin (Arizona State Univ Schermerhorn, Professor Calvin (Arizona State University) Schermerhorn
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9781107027664
• ISBN: 978-1-107-02766-4
• No. of pages: 266
• Series: Cambridge Essential Histories; Cambridge Essential Histories
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1500 onwards to present day, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Slavery & abolition of slavery, History and Archaeology, Slavery and abolition of slavery