1st Edition

Slavery History And Historians

By Peter J. Parish Copyright 1989
208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

207 Pages
by Routledge

This study of slavery focuses initially on the drastic revisions in the historical debate on slavery and the present understanding of ?the peculiar institution.? It gives a concise explanation of the nature of American slavery and its impact on the slaves themselves and on Southern society and culture. And it broadens our understanding of the debates among historians about slavery; compares... Read more
Preface -- The Paradoxical Institution: Complexity and Controversy -- The Making of an Institution -- The Labor of the Slaves -- The Business of Slavery -- The Lives of the Slaves -- Variations, Exceptions, and Comparisons -- Slavery and Southern White Society -- The Death Throes of Slavery -- Bibliographic Essay

Biography

Peter J. Parish