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Freedom in a Slave Society: Stories from the Antebellum South: Cambridge Studies on the American South

Autor Johanna Nicol Shields
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 16 iul 2014
Before the Civil War, most Southern white people were as strongly committed to freedom for their kind as to slavery for African Americans. This study views that tragic reality through the lens of eight authors - representatives of a South that seemed, to them, destined for greatness but was, we know, on the brink of destruction. Exceptionally able and ambitious, these men and women won repute among the educated middle classes in the Southwest, South and the nation, even amid sectional tensions. Although they sometimes described liberty in the abstract, more often these authors discussed its practical significance: what it meant for people to make life's important choices freely and to be responsible for the results. They publicly insisted that freedom caused progress, but hidden doubts clouded this optimistic vision. Ultimately, their association with the oppression of slavery dimmed their hopes for human improvement, and fear distorted their responses to the sectional crisis.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781107670655
ISBN-10: 1107670659
Pagini: 344
Ilustrații: 10 b/w illus. 3 maps
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.53 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria Cambridge Studies on the American South

Locul publicării:New York, United States

Cuprins

1. Regarding a 'weird utopia'; Part I. The Origins of Individual Freedom: 2. Self-making in southwestern towns; 3. The domestic foundations of self-determination; 4. The voluntary bonds of friendship; Part II. Writing Freedom, with Slaves: 5. Southwestern histories for a divided market; 6. Slave characters and the problem of human nature; Part III. The Crisis of the Rising South: 7. Slavery and political trust; 8. Self-determination and slavery in conflict.

Recenzii

'… a significant entry into the burgeoning literature of the once-neglected Southern middle class.' Christopher A. Graham, Register of the Kentucky Historical Society
'Johanna Nicol Shields engagingly portrays the lives of individual Alabama authors who published in national and regional markets, and through these writers and their works, she illuminates middle-class southern values.' Jennifer R. Green, Journal of Southern History
'… a compelling and complicated work, in which the thesis combats a historiography that has often ignored the South as an intellectual centre … Shields presents a composed, complex and intriguing narrative.' Danielle Demiantschuk, Southern Historian

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Descriere

This book explores the relationship between freedom and slavery in the antebellum American South, studying authors who spoke for the Southwest's educated classes.