Slavery

Taylor & Francis

This study focuses on the drastic revisions in the historical debate on American slavery and the present understanding of \""the peculiar institution.\"" It gives a concise explanation of the nature of American slavery and its impact on the slaves themselves and on Southern society and culture. > This study of slavery focuses initially on the drastic revisions in the historical debate on slavery and the present understanding of ?the peculiar institution.? It gives a concise explanation of the nature of American slavery and its impact on the slaves themselves and on Southern society and culture. And it broadens our understanding of the debat > Preface -- The Paradoxical Institution: Complexity and Controversy -- The Making of an Institution -- The Labor of the Slaves -- The Business of Slavery -- The Lives of the Slaves -- Variations, Exceptions, and Comparisons -- Slavery and Southern White Society -- The Death Throes of Slavery -- Bibliographic Essay