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LEADER: 02145cam 2200289 a 4500
001 790356
005 20100810113647.0
008 081103s2009 enk b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008047533
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn270131469
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020 $a9780195118094 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a019511809X (hardcover : alk. paper)
043 $an-usu--
050 00 $aE446$b.F67 2009
100 1 $aFord, Lacy K.
245 10 $aDeliver us from evil :$bthe slavery question in the old South /$cLacy K. Ford.
260 $aOxford [England] ;$aNew York, NY :$bOxford University Press,$c2009.
300 $aviii, 673 p. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $aIlluminates 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.
505 00 $gpt. 1: The Upper South's travail.$tOwning slaves, disowning slavery ;$tRebellion and reaction --$gpt. 2: The Lower South's embrace of slavery.$tOpening the slave trade ;$tExtending slavery --$gpt. 3: Paternalism rising.$tPaternalism emerges ;$tPaternalism contested --$gpt. 4:$tPaternalism in crisis.$tScare ;$tAnalyzing the scare ;$tReacting to the scare --$gpt. 5: Words and deeds.$tDiscourses of colonization ;$tRumors and insurrection --$gpt. 6: Upper South responds.$tUpper South debates slavery and colonization ;$tTennessee debates slavery ;$tEnding free Black suffrage in North Carolina --$gpt. 7: The lower South responds.$tReaction in the lower South ;$tAbolition poison and Southern antidotes ;$tIdeological reconfiguration of slavery in the lower South.
650 0 $aSlavery$zSouthern States$xHistory$y18th century.
650 0 $aSlavery$zSouthern States$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aWhites$zSouthern States$xAttitudes$xHistory$y18th century.
650 0 $aWhites$zSouthern States$xAttitudes$xHistory$y19th century.
948 $a201008