Flush Times and Fever Dreams : A Story of Capitalism and Slavery in the Age of Jackson /

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"In 1834 Virgil Stewart rode from western Tennessee to a territory known as the "Arkansas morass" in pursuit of John Murrell, a thief accused of stealing two slaves. Stewart's adventure led to a sensational trial and a wildly popular published account that would ultimately help t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Rothman, Joshua D. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens : University of Georgia Press, [2012]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Esclavage > États-Unis > 19e siecle.
Revoltes d'esclaves > États-Unis > 19e siecle.
Groupes d'autodefense > États-Unis > 19e siecle.
Soziale Situation
Sklaverei
Vigilance committees.
Theft.
Slavery.
Slave insurrections.
Economic history.
Criminals.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Slavery.
Revoltes d'esclaves > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Criminels > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Vol (Droit) > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Slave insurrections > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Vigilance committees > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Criminals > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Theft > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Slavery > Southern States > History.
USA > Südstaaten
Southern States.
États-Unis (Sud) > Conditions economiques > 19e siecle.
États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 1775-1865.
Southern States > Economic conditions > 19th century.
Southern States > History > 1775-1865.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue. The cotton frontier, United States of America
  • Part One. Self-made men and confidence men
  • Chapter one. Inventing Virgil Stewart
  • Chapter two. Inventing John Murrell
  • Part two. Settlers and insurrectionists
  • Chapter three. Exposing the plot
  • Chapter four. Hanging the conspirators Part three. Speculators and gamblers
  • Chapter five. Purging a city
  • Chapter six. Defining a citizen
  • Part four. Slave holders and slave stealers
  • Chapter seven. Suborning chaos
  • Chapter eight. Imposing order
  • Epilogue. Memory and meaning.

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