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Slavery and Freedom: An Interpretation of the Old South

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 | #469214 in Books |  1998-05-17 |  1998-05-17 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.20 x.70 x5.50l,.70 | File type: PDF | 268 pages

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||7 of 7 people found the following review helpful.| A Seminal Synthesis of Scholarship|By alz|Slavery and Freedom: An Interpretation of the Old South. By James Oakes.
(New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. Pp. xxii, 246. $22.95.)

In Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, Mrs. Bird asks, "What could induce you to leave a good home, then, and run away, and go through such dangers? The woman [Eliza] looked up at Mrs. Bird, wit|From Publishers Weekly|In a rich, challenging set of interpretive essays, Oakes ( The Ruling Race ) views slavery in the Old South as a product of liberal capitalism, yet an institution wholly at odds with liberal concepts of freedom and society. He demonstrates

"The most valuable and stimulating general interpretation of the Old South to appear in recent years."―George M. Fredrickson

This pathbreaking interpretation of the slaveholding South begins with the insight that slavery and freedom were not mutually exclusive but were intertwined in every dimension of life in the South. James Oakes traces the implications of this insight for relations between masters and slaves, slaveholders and non-slaveholder...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Slavery and Freedom: An Interpretation of the Old South   |  James Oakes. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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