New perspectives on race and slavery in America : essays in honor of Kenneth M. Stampp / Robert H. Abzug and Stephen E. Maizlish, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stampp, Kenneth M. (Kenneth Milton), honouree.

Abzug, Robert H., editor.

Maizlish, Stephen E., 1945- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--United States.

Slavery.

African Americans--History.

African Americans.

United States--Race relations.

United States.

Stampp, Kenneth M. (Kenneth Milton).

Stampp, Kenneth M.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 p.)

Other Title:

Race and slavery in America.

Race & slavery in America.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1986.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For more than three decades race relations have been at the forefront of historical research in America. These new essays on race and slavery -- some by highly regarded, award-winning veterans in the field and others by talented newcomers -- point in fresh directions. They address specific areas of contention even as together they survey important questions across four centuries of social, cultural, and political history.Looking at the institution itself, Robert McColley reconsiders the origins of black slavery in America, while William W. Freehling presents a striking interpretation of the De

Contents:

Slavery in Virginia, 1619-1660 / Robert McColley

Denmark Vesey's peculiar reality / William W. Freehling

The Republican Party and the slave power / William E. Gienapp

Race and politics in the northern democracy, 1854-1860 / Stephen E. Maizlish

The creation of Confederate loyalties / Reid Mitchell

Blues falling down like hail / Leon F. Litwack

Grant and the freedman / Arthur Zilversmit

The present becomes the past / James Oakes

Firm flexibility / John G. Sproat

The soul is fled / Joel Williamson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographies and index.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-6182-7

OCLC:

657578638