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

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Lowance, Mason I., 1938- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
1775-1865
Slavery > Political aspects > United States > History > Sources.
Antislavery movements > United States > History > Sources.
Slavery > United States > Justification > History > Sources.
Mouvements antiesclavagistes > États-Unis > Histoire > Sources.
Esclavage > États-Unis > Justification > Histoire > Sources.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Slavery.
Antislavery movements.
Politics and government.
Race relations.
Slavery > Justification.
Slavery > Political aspects.
United States > Politics and government > 1775-1783 > Sources.
United States > Politics and government > 1783-1865 > Sources.
United States > Race relations > History > Sources.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1775-1783 > Sources.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1783-1865 > Sources.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Histoire > Sources.
United States.
History.
Sources.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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

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