Slave Country : : American Expansion and the Origins of the Deep South / / Adam Rothman.
Slave Country tells the tragic story of the expansion of slavery in the new United States. In the wake of the American Revolution, slavery gradually disappeared from the northern states and the importation of captive Africans was prohibited. Yet, at the same time, the country's slave population...
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2022] ©2007 |
Year of Publication: | 2022 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (312 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Jefferson's Horizon
- Chapter 2 Civilizing the Cotton Frontier
- Chapter 3 Commerce and Slavery in Lower Louisiana
- Chapter 4 The Wartime Challenge
- Chapter 5 Fulfilling the Slave Country
- Epilogue
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index