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Half slave and half free : the roots of civil war/ Bruce Levine

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Hill and Wang, 2005 c1992Edition: Rev. edDescription: xiv, 322p.; 21cmISBN:
  • 9780809053537
  • 080905353539
  • 9780809053533(paperback)
  • 0809053535(paperback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 973.7/11
LOC classification:
  • 002 E 459 L665h 2005
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Contents:
Freedom, slavery, and the legacy of the American Revolution--- Our laborers are our property: The southerm slave economy--- Each person works for himself: The ideal and reality of free labor--- A complete revolution in social life: Cultural change in the antebellum north--- The anointed lords of creation: Culture and society in the antebellum south--- Called by the same name: The many meanings of liberty--- To fight against the serpent: Antislavery and its early progress--- A firebell in the night: The struggle escalates-- Keep it within limits: Western lands and free soil---Anti Nebraska feeling is too deep: Origins and triumph of republicanism--- The inexorable logic of events: Secession, war, and emancipation.
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"Areas of Freedom and Slavery in 1854" (cover)

Includes bibliographical references (p.[257]-312 ) and index

Freedom, slavery, and the legacy of the American Revolution--- Our laborers are our property: The southerm slave economy--- Each person works for himself: The ideal and reality of free labor--- A complete revolution in social life: Cultural change in the antebellum north--- The anointed lords of creation: Culture and society in the antebellum south--- Called by the same name: The many meanings of liberty--- To fight against the serpent: Antislavery and its early progress--- A firebell in the night: The struggle escalates-- Keep it within limits: Western lands and free soil---Anti Nebraska feeling is too deep: Origins and triumph of republicanism--- The inexorable logic of events: Secession, war, and emancipation.

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