An Empire for Slavery : The Peculiar Institution in Texas, 1821-1865 /

In the popular mind, Texas conjures up images of the Old West and freedom of the range. Campbell reminds us that Texas grew from Southern roots entangled in human bondage. By the Civil War, Texas had a slave area equal to Alabama and Mississippi and a slave population comparable to Virginia. In the...

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Autor principal: Campbell, Randolph B., 1940-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 1989.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Noirs > États-Unis > Texas > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Esclavage > États-Unis > Texas > Histoire.
Negers.
Slavernij.
Sklaverei
African Americans > Texas.
Slavery > Texas > History > 19th century.
Slavery.
Race relations.
African Americans.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
15.85 history of America.
Noirs americains > Texas > Histoire > 19e siecle.
African Americans > Texas > History > 19th century.
Texas (États-Unis) > Relations interethniques.
Texas (États-Unis) > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Texas
United States, Texas > History > 19th century.
United States, Texas > Minorities.
United States, Texas > Slavery and bondage.
Texas.
Texas > Relations raciales.
Texas > Histoire > 1846-1950.
Texas > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1846.
Texas > Race relations.
Texas > History > 1846-1950.
Texas > History > To 1846.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 The Colonial Period, 1821-1835: Texas Must Be a Slave Country
  • 2 Slavery in the Texas Revolution, 1835-1836: A Dull, Organic Ache
  • 3 Growth and Expansion, 1836-1861: The Empire State of the South
  • 4 The Economics of Slavery in Texas: We Want More Slaves, We Need Them
  • 5 The Law of Slavery in Texas: Negroes Are, in This Country, Prima Facie Slaves
  • 6 Work and Responsibility: From Can See to Can't See
  • 7 Material Conditions and Physical Treatment: A Tight Fight
  • 8 Family, Religion, and Music: The Strength to Endure
  • 9 Behavioral Patterns and the Desire for Freedom: The Best We Could10 Texas Slaveholders: Working Negroes to an Advantage
  • 11 A Slaveholding Society: Those Who Are Not For Us, Must Be Against Us
  • 12 The Civil War and Juneteenth, 1861-1865: Free, Free My Lord
  • Conclusions; Appendix 1. The Federal Writers' Project Slave Narratives as a Historical Source; Appendix 2. Slave Populations of Texas Counties in Selected Years, 1837-1864; Appendix 3. County Records as a Source of Information on Slavery in Texas; Appendix 4. Texas' Largest Slaveholders in 1860; Bibliography; Index; A.
  • Bc; d; e; f; g; h; i; j; k; l; m; n; o; p; q; r; s; t; u; v; w; y; z.

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