Defending slavery : proslavery thought in the Old South : a brief history with documents / Paul Finkelman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Finkelman, Paul, 1949-

Series:

Bedford series in history and culture

The Bedford series in history and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--United States--History.

Slavery.

United States.

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 228 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Bedford/St. Martin's, [2003]

Contents:

Part 1 Introduction: Defending Slavery

Northerners, Southerners, and Slavery

The Legitimacy of Slavery in Earlier Times

The Emergence of Slavery in Early America

The American Revolution Threatens Slavery

The Emergence of Proslavery Thought

The Outlines of Antebellum Proslavery Thought

Racial Theory and Ideology: The Key to Proslavery Thought

Part 2 The Documents

Politics, Economics, and Proslavery Thought

1 Notes on the State of Virginia, 1787 / Thomas Jefferson Jefferson, Thomas

2 Speech in the U.S. Senate, 1837 / John C. Calhoun Calhoun, John C.

3 The Political Economy of Slavery, 1853 / Edmund Ruffin Ruffin, Edmund

4 Effects of Abolition in the United States, 1858 / Thomas R. R. Cobb Cobb, Thomas R. R.

5 The Mudsill Speech, 1858 / James Henry Hammond Hammond, James Henry

6 The Cornerstone Speech, 1861 / Alexander Stephens Stephens, Alexander

Religion and Slavery

7 The Duties of Christian Masters, 1851 / Reverend A.T. Holmes Holmes, Reverend A.T.

8 DeBow's Review, Slavery and the Bible, 1850

9 Protestant Episcopal Convention of South Carolina, Duty of Clergymen in Relation to the Marriage of Slaves, 1859

10 The Bible Argument: Or, Slavery in the Light of Divine / Thornton Stringfellow Revelation, 1860 Revelation, Thornton Stringfellow, 1860

The Law in Defense of Slavery

11 North Carolina Supreme Court, State v. Mann (Opinion of Thomas Ruffin), 1829

12 U.S. Supreme Court, Dred Scott v. Sandford (Opinion of Roger B. Taney), 1857

13 What Is Slavery, and Its Foundation in the Natural Law, 1858 / Thomas R. R. Cobb Cobb, Thomas R. R.

Racial Theory and Slavery

14 Report on the Diseases of and Physical Peculiarities of the Negro Race, 1851 / Samuel Cartwright Cartwright, Samuel

15 The Hireling and the Slave, 1854 / William J. Grayson Grayson, William J.

16 Sociology for the South, 1854, and Cannibals All! 1857 / George Fitzhugh Fitzhugh, George

17 Instincts of Races, 1866 / Josiah C. Nott Nott, Josiah C..

Notes:

Includes bibliography (pages 218-219) and index.

ISBN:

0312133278

OCLC:

52182128