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Freedom of thought in the old South /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Eaton, Clement, 1898-1980 (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 1940.
Series:Slavery in America and the world: history, culture & law.
Subjects:
Liberalism.
Slavery > United States.
Southern States > Civilization.
Southern States > Intellectual life.
Southern States > Social conditions.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Aristocrats with liberal views
  • Plantation life as a moulder of opinion
  • A dark cloud of illiteracy
  • The fear of servile insurrection
  • The law and the courts
  • The Calhoun influence
  • Freedom of the press in the upper South
  • Academic freedom below the Potomac
  • Aliens in a slave country
  • The free lances of the upper South
  • The decline of skepticism
  • The intellectual blockade.