The Slaveholders' Dilemma Freedom and Progress in Southern Conservative Thought, 1820-1860 |
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| Author:
| Genovese, Eugene D.
Ambrose, Douglas |
| ISBN: | 978-1-64336-251-9 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2021 |
| Publisher: | University of South Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $21.99USD $21.99 |
Book Description:
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Explores the efforts of American slaveholders to reconcile the intellectual dilemma in which they found themselves as supporters of freedom but defenders of slavery. Eugene Genovese rehearses the arguments that would define the latter portion of his career, offering a window into the mind of one of the most important scholars of the American South.
Explores the efforts of American slaveholders to reconcile the intellectual dilemma in which they found themselves as supporters of freedom but defenders of slavery. Eugene Genovese rehearses the arguments that would define the latter portion of his career, offering a window into the mind of one of the most important scholars of the American South.