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The peculiar institution; slavery in the ante-bellum South / by Kenneth M. Stampp.

LIBRA E441 .S8 1956b
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LIBRA - Rare E441 .S8 1956b Banks copy
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Stampp, Kenneth M. (Kenneth Milton)
Contributor:
Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)
Series:
Vintage book ; V 253.
A Vintage Book ; V 253
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Slavery--Economic aspects--Southern States.
Slavery.
Slavery--Southern States--History.
African Americans.
Social conditions.
Enslaved persons.
Slavery--Economic aspects.
Southern States.
History.
Enslaved persons--Southern States--Social conditions.
African Americans--Southern States--Social conditions.
Southern States--History.
Southern States--Social conditions.
Penn Provenance:
Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
Physical Description:
xi pages, 1 unnumbered page, 435 pages, 1 unnumbered page, xiii pages, 3 unnumbered pages ; 19 cm.
Other Title:
Slavery in the ante-bellum South
Place of Publication:
New York, Vintage Books, a division of Random House, 1956.
Contents:
The Setting
From Day Clean to First Dark
A Troublesome Property
To Make Them Stand in Fear
Chattels Personal
Slavemongering
Maintenance, Morbidity, Mortality
Between Two Cultures
Profit and Loss
He Who Has Endured.
Notes:
"Reprinted by arrangement with Alfred A. Knopf, Inc."
Publisher's advertisements: [1] page at end.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Notes:
Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
OCLC:
17539314

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