Slavery and emancipation /

Slavery and Emancipation is the most up-to-date and comprehensive collection of primary and secondary readings on the history of slaveholding in the American South. It combines recent historical research with period documents to bring both immediacy and perspective to the origins, principles, realit...

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Other Authors: Halpern, Rick, Dal Lago, Enrico, 1966-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishers, 2002.
Series:Blackwell readers in American social and cultural history.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Slavery and Emancipation is the most up-to-date and comprehensive collection of primary and secondary readings on the history of slaveholding in the American South. It combines recent historical research with period documents to bring both immediacy and perspective to the origins, principles, realities, and aftermath of African-American slavery. Central topics include the colonial foundations of slavery, the master - slave relationship, the cultural world of the planters, the slave community, and slave resistance and rebellion. Each topical section contains one major article by a prominent historian, and three primary documents. The documents have been drawn from a wide variety of sources, including plantation records, travellers' accounts, slave narratives, autobiographies, statute law, diaries, letters, and investigative reports. This material has been carefully chosen to benefit students and readers of the history of African-American slavery and emancipation.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 416 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780470754634
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