Slavery and Freedom: An Interpretation of the Old South
by James Oakes
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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-slaveholders, and for the rise of a racist ideology.Tags
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An excellent analysis of the culture and society of the Civil War era, and the influence it had on race and class in America today.
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James Oakes is the author of several acclaimed books on slavery and the Civil War. His history of emancipation, Freedom National, won the Lincoln Prize and was longlisted for the National Book Award. He is Distinguished Professor of History and Graduate School Humanities Professor at the Graduate Center, CUNY.
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- Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction
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- 975.00496 — History & geography History of North America Southeastern United States (South Atlantic states)
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- E441 .O15 — History of the United States United States Revolution to the Civil War, 1775/1783-1861 Slavery in the United States. Antislavery
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