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Debating Slavery - Economy and Society in the Antebellum American South (Hardcover, New)
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Debating Slavery - Economy and Society in the Antebellum American South (Hardcover, New)
Series: New Studies in Economic and Social History
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Even while slavery existed, Americans debated slavery. Was it a
profitable and healthy institution? If so, for whom? The abolition
of slavery in 1865 did not end this debate. Similar questions
concerning the profitability of slavery, its impact on masters,
slaves, and nonslaveowners still inform modern historical debates.
Is the slave South best characterized as a capitalist society? Or
did its dogged adherence to non-wage labor render it precapitalist?
Today, southern slavery is among the most hotly disputed topics in
writing on American history. With the use of illustrative material
and a critical bibliography, Dr Smith outlines the main contours of
this complex debate, summarizes the contending viewpoints, and at
the same time weighs up the relative importance, strengths and
weaknesses of the various competing interpretations. This book
introduces an important topic in American history in a manner which
is accessible to students and undergraduates taking courses in
American history.
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