Liberty and Slavery |
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| Author:
| Cooper, William J. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-57003-387-2 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2000 |
| Publisher: | University of South Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $29.00 |
Book Description:
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An exploration of the American South's paradoxical devotion to liberty and the practice of slavery. Cooper contends that southerners defined their notions of liberty in terms of its opposite - slavery. He assesses how abolitionism, in the eyes of white southerners, threatened the death of liberty.
An exploration of the American South's paradoxical devotion to liberty and the practice of slavery. Cooper contends that southerners defined their notions of liberty in terms of its opposite - slavery. He assesses how abolitionism, in the eyes of white southerners, threatened the death of liberty.