Slavery / / Peter J Parish.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Parish, Peter J,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©1997
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (96 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --; 1. The paradoxical institution --; 2. The making of an institution --; 3. The labour of the slaves --; 4. The business of slavery --; 5. The life of the slaves --; 6. Variations, exceptions and complications --; APPENDIX The historiographical background --; APPENDIX Bibliographical update --; NOTES
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780585105161; 9783110780475
• DOI: 10.1515/9780585105161
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Peter J Parish.

In this classic short introduction to one of the most important and controversial topics in American history, Peter J Parish investigates slavery from political, economic and social perspectives. He explains the paradox upon which slavery rested: its guiding principle was that slaves were property, but its everyday practice demonstrated the impossibility of denying the slave's humanity. He takes the reader through the origin of the Slave system in the South, outlines the controversies surrounding the economics of slavery and asks what life for slaves was really like. This is the perfect starting point from which to explore American slavery's rich and controversial literature.