Peculiar Institution: Slavery in the Ante-Bellum SouthKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1956 - 464 páginas Winner of the Lincoln Prize Stampp’s classic study of American slavery as a deliberately chosen, practical system of controlling and exploiting labor is one of the most important and influential works of American history written in our time. “A thoughtful and deeply moving book. . . . Mr. Stampp wants to show specifically what slavery was like, why it existed, and what it did to the American people.”—Bruce Catton |
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The Setting | 3 |
From Day Clean to First Dark | 34 |
A Troublesome Property | 86 |
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THE PECULIAR INSTITUTION: SLAVERY IN THE ANTE-BELLUM SOUTH KENNETH M. STAMPP Vista de fragmentos - 1956 |
The Peculiar Institution: Slavery in the Ante-bellum South Kenneth Milton Stampp Vista de fragmentos - 1956 |
The Peculiar Institution: Slavery in the Ante-Bellum South Kenneth M. Stampp Vista de fragmentos - 1956 |
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