| Contents |
The upper South's travail. Owning slaves, disowning slavery ; Rebellion and reaction -- The lower South's embrace of slavery. Opening the slave trade ; Extending slavery -- Paternalism rising. Paternalism emerges ; Paternalism contested -- Paternalism in crisis. The scare ; Analyzing the scare ; Reacting to the scare -- Words and deeds. Discourses of colonization ; Rumors and insurrection -- The upper South responds. The upper South debates slavery and colonization ; Tennessee debates slavery ; Ending free Black suffrage in North Carolina -- The lower South responds. Reaction in the lower South ; Abolition poison and Southern antidotes ; The ideological reconfiguration of slavery in the lower South. |
| Abstract |
Illuminates the white South's efforts to justify slavery, focusing on the period from the drafting of the federal constitution in 1787 through the age of Jackson. Draws heavily on primary sources, including newspapers, government documents, legislative records, pamphlets, and speeches. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2008047533 |
| ISBN | 9780195118094 (hardcover : alk. paper) : |
| ISBN | 019511809X (hardcover : alk. paper) |
