Freedom in a Slave Society : Stories from the Antebellum South.
Material type: TextSeries: Cambridge studies on the American SouthPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (344 pages)Content type:- text
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- Southern States -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
- American literature -- Southern States -- History and criticism
- Authors, American -- Southern States -- Political and social views
- Politics and literature -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century
- White people -- Southern States -- Attitudes -- History -- 19th century
- Liberty in literature
- Slavery in literature
- Écrivains américains -- États-Unis (Sud) -- Pensée politique et sociale
- Politique et littérature -- États-Unis (Sud) -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Blancs -- États-Unis (Sud) -- Attitudes -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Liberté dans la littérature
- Esclavage dans la littérature
- HISTORY -- United States -- 19th Century
- American literature
- Authors, American -- Political and social views
- Intellectual life
- Liberty in literature
- Politics and literature
- Slavery in literature
- White people -- Attitudes
- Southern States
- 1800-1899
- 973.5 23
- F214 .S55 2012
- HIS036040
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Cover; Freedom in a Slave Society: Stories from the Antebellum South; CAMBRIDGE STUDIES ON THE AMERICAN SOUTH; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Preface; METHODS AND ORGANIZATION; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1: Regarding a "Weird Utopia"; THE PROMISE OF A RISING SOUTH; THE IDEA OF FREEDOM WITH SLAVERY; PART ONE: THE SOCIAL ORIGINS OF INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM; 2: Self-Making in Southwestern Towns; A SOCIABLE SPOKESMAN FOR SOUTHERN LITERATURE; AN ENTERPRISING WOMAN FROM THE NORTH; NOT QUITE A LITERARY MAN; 3: The Domestic Foundations of Self-Determination.
A MYTH-MAKING INDIVIDUAL AND THE CHANGING FAMILYA LONELY STRIVER; AN AMBIVALENT PATRIARCH; A PROUD YOUNG MORALIST; 4: The Voluntary Bonds of Friendship; A PAIR OF COMPETITIVE FRIENDS; A NEW ENGLANDER'S ALLIANCE WITH THE RISING SOUTH; THE TANGLED FRIENDSHIPS OF A CONTROVERSIAL MAN; PART TWO: WRITING FREDOM, WITH SLAVES; 5: Southwestern Histories for a Divided Market; AN ANXIOUS PLANTER'S HISTORY; THE HISTORIAN OF UNFETTERED INTELLECT; ONE ROMANTIC, TWO SKEPTICS, AND THE AFTERMATH OF PICKETT'S HISTORY; 6: Slave Characters and the Problem of Human Nature; THE DARKEST KIND OF HUMOR.
A SENTIMENTAL VIEW OF SLAVERYTHE MYSTERIOUS SLAVE; PART THREE: THE CRISIS OF THE RISING SOUTH; 7: Slavery and Political Trust; THE PSYCHOLOGY OF TYRANNY; MASTERY AND SELF-MASTERY; THE FAILURE OF SELF-DETERMINATION AND THE POLITICS OF HATE; 8: Self-Determination and Slavery in Conflict; FATE AND FREEDOM; INDEPENDENCE AND THE POLITICS OF WAR; THE LESSONS OF WAR; Epilogue The Remains of a Rising South; Index.
This book explores the relationship between freedom and slavery in the antebellum American South, studying representatives of the Southwest's educated classes in a burgeoning print medium.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
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