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A house divided : the antebellum slavery debates in America, 1776-1865 /

This anthology brings together under one cover the most important abolitionist and--unique to this volume--proslavery documents written in the United States between the American Revolution and the Civil War. It makes accessible to students, scholars, and general readers the breadth of the slavery de...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Lowance, Mason I., 1938- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2018]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  • PROLOGUE
  • PREFACE
  • INTRODUCTION
  • NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS
  • SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
  • CHAPTER 1. The Historical Background for the Antebellum Slavery Debates, 1776-1865
  • CHAPTER 2. Acts of Congress Relating to Slavery
  • CHAPTER 3. Biblical Proslavery Arguments
  • CHAPTER 4. Biblical Antislavery Arguments
  • CHAPTER 5. The Economic Arguments Concerning Slavery
  • CHAPTER 6. Writers and Essayists in Conflict over Slavery
  • CHAPTER 7. Science in Antebellum America
  • CHAPTER 8. The Abolitionist Crusade
  • CHAPTER 9. Concluding Remarks and Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859)
  • INDEX