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Freedom in a Slave Society - Stories from the Antebellum South (Hardcover, New)
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Freedom in a Slave Society - Stories from the Antebellum South (Hardcover, New)
Series: Cambridge Studies on the American South
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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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