She has also coedited a book on southern labor history with matthew hild reviving southern labor history. Enslaved people in the antebellum south constituted about onethird of the southern population. Aug 27, 2011 as a college graduate, i recommend doris kearnteam of rivals. Among the white members of the household, labor and daily ritual conformed to rigid gender delineations. The antebellum period of the old south is often considered the pinnacle of southern aristocracy. Dec 09, 2016 december 9, 1812, is the birth date of james henley thornwell, the south carolina presbyterian pastor and professor whom eugene genovese and elizabeth foxgenovese called the antebellum souths most formidable theologian. African americans were enslaved on small farms, large plantations, in cities and towns, inside homes. Focusing on land, labor, and legal history, masterless men shows what happens to excess workers in a slave society. The antebellum period in american history is generally considered to be the period before the civil war and after the war of 1812, although some historians expand it to all the years from the adoption of the constitution in 1789 to the beginning of the civil war. Jun 27, 2018 these denominations rapid expansion in the south, however, meant abandoning this position in recognition that upwardly mobile members increasingly included slaveholders. Slave religion in the antebellum south, african american religious history. Slavery became the most absolute involuntary form of human servitude. William harper and james henry hammond, representatives. Lucidly and often brilliantly written and based on extensive research in antebellum south carolina sources.
Historian george bancroft once described thornwell as the. These accounts of slavery, coming from the minds and hearts of exslaves, suggest that there were many cases across the antebellum south where masterslaves relations were best described as paternal. To understand the play of public sentiment on the vexed questions of slavery from 1808 to 1831, we must also examine briefly the conditions of slavery and slaves in the united states. Butler, the house girl by tara conklin, the kitchen house by kathleen grissom, gone with the win. Poor whites and slavery in the antebellum south, was published by cambridge university press in 2017. I saw this book in the movie antwone fisher starring denzel washington and. Slave religion in the antebellum south african american. William harper and james henry hammond, representatives of the. Looby then cites numerous examples of homosexual encounters in the antebellum south, both between masterslave, and among whites. Sexual relations between elite white women and enslaved. Combining established work with that of recent provocative scholarship on the antebellum south, this collection of essays puts students in touch with some of. And yet it was just about to undergo a profound change that would make it the leading factor of the economy of the antebellum before the war south, the period falling roughly between 1810 and the american civil war.
Slavery slaves and religion antebellum south religion of slavery american slavery african american traditions for many decades, scholars have debated the importance of religion in helping slaves cope with the horrible experience of slavery in the antebellum south. Bodies, property and power in the antebellum south, 18001860 studies in african american history and culture 1st edition. Economy and society in the antebellum american south. American slavery in the antebellum period was characterized by a massive wave. It includes archival material on the 1838 sale of slaves by rev. Ten books on slavery you need to read politico magazine.
Sinha shows that nowhere did the politics of slavery take on a more radical and antidemocratic form than in antebellum south carolina. How antebellum christians justified slavery jstor daily. Dew, founder of a new phase of proslavery militancy. For many decades, scholars have debated the importance of religion in helping slaves cope with the horrible experience of slavery in the antebellum south. In fact, for most of its history, new york was a slave city. The counterrevolution of slavery manisha sinha university. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read slavery and forced migration in the antebellum south.
This period in the south s history was marked by the economic growth of the region, largely due to its heavy reliance on slavery, and of. African americans were enslaved on small farms, large. In the antebellum south, slavery was the thread that held the fabric of society together and defined the southern woman. It was believed that literacy was a threat to the institution of slavery. Please do not cite, quote, or circulatewithout the express permission of the author. Proslavery thought in the antebellum south, 18301860 library of southern civilization by drew gilpin faust sep 1, 1981 5. Justification for slavery came with this growth and found its parallels in the biblical subordination of women. Pamlico branch wet grave 2002 barbara hambly benjamin january is a former slave who was freed by his mothers benefactor and educated in paris, where he studied music and medicine, becoming a surgeon and a pianist. The georgetown slavery archive is a repository of materials relating to the maryland jesuits, georgetown university, and slavery.
Slavery was the foundation the strict southern hierarchy was based upon. Mar 04, 2004 read together, the loyalist plantation romance and the fugitive slave narrative speak to one another as symbiotic southern genres, even if only contrapuntally. December 9, 1812, is the birth date of james henley thornwell, the south carolina presbyterian pastor and professor whom eugene genovese and elizabeth foxgenovese called the antebellum souths most formidable theologian. Plantation life in the antebellum south 2 by john w. Freedom, slavery, and homo economicus lamsas, cacwl, and the southsouth midland dialect boundary in nineteenthcentury north carolina ranaway from the subscriber. How white southern doctors used science to defend slavery. A narrative of the life and adventures of charles ball, a black man, who lived forty years in maryland, south carolina and georgia, as a slave 1837. First, literacy facilitated knowledge about the successful slave revolution in haiti of 17911804. Set in charleston, south carolina in the 1830s, this first book in the roots of faith series chronicles the story of a young african slave, joseph.
Stampps debate regarding misplaced nostalgia, it would be pertinent to analyse the perspective from which davis. Far more than in the north, southern men, particularly wealthy planters, were patriarchs and sovereigns of their own household. The book would have been more accurately titled debating the slave. Teaching slave narratives using wanted advertisements for fugitive slaves. You will get your 1st month of bartleby for free when you bundle with these textbooks where solutions are available. William harper and james henry hammond, representatives of the proslavery mainstream. She is currently conducting research for two additional booklength projects. This is a well researched history of the antebellum south and how poor whites, while not enslaved, were not well off. As i write in my book, empire of cotton, american slavery and the cotton it produced was crucial to the development of global capitalism. What are some good antebellum american history books. Poor whites and slavery in the antebellum south cambridge university press, 2017, and intersections of race, class, politics, and slavery in the precivil war south analyzing land policy, labor, and legal history, merritt reveals what happens to excess workers when a capitalist system is predicated on slave labor. Race, class, and power, forthcoming, and is currently conducting research for two additional books.
Doi link for society and culture in the slave south. Sinhas book narrates and interprets south carolinas proslavery politics from nullification to secession. The best authorities on social conditions are the books published by european or northern travelers in the south. The antebellum south also known as the antebellum era or plantation era was a period in the history of the southern united states from the late 18th century until the start of the american civil war in 1861. Their labor was made unnecessary by slavery, so they had to scratch for a living.
In this social history, ulrich bonnell phillips 18771934 includes populations neglected in earlier scholarshipindians, latinos, yeomen farmers, and mountain folk. Slavery and forced migration in the antebellum south by. Antebellum law and the southern justice system aaihs. Nonetheless, both free and enslaved african americans continued to learn to read and write as a result of the sometimes clandestine efforts of african americans themselves, as well as schools and informal education that operated during. This book belongs in the front ranks of scholarship on the politics of slavery. The plantation romances exhibit considerable anxiety about the stability of the slaveholding south, while the slave narratives are not only stories of flight from the south but of deeply held cultural and familial roots in the south. Thornton stringfellow, the most prominent biblical defender of the peculiar institution. Owning neither land nor slaves, poor whites comprised about a third of the american souths white population in 1860. Poor whites and slavery in the antebellum south is her first book. In merritts telling poor whites hatred for slavery and enslavers rivaled abolitionists, making them, in the words of garth brooks, my new friends in low places. Plantation life in the antebellum south is a book written by american historian john w. Slavery and religion in the antebellum south inquiries journal. Thornwell was a great champion of what he called the regulated freedom of antebellum slave society.
Slavery and forced migration in the antebellum south ebook written by damian alan pargas. Slavery and education in the antebellum south denise williamsons historical novel, the dark sun rises, takes on the dark period of american history, of slavery in the south. However, the way they treated the subject differs and the conclusions they reached are varied. James henley thornwell, antebellum southern presbyterian. Gone with the wind by margaret mitchell, the house girl by tara conklin, beloved by toni morrison, the adventures of huckleb. By 1830 slavery was primarily located in the south, where it existed in many different forms.
Poor whites and slavery in the antebellum south 2017 has changed that. The antebellum south was an especially maledominated society. White poverty and the legacy of slavery in the us south. If you really want to understand this portion of u. The legal system was stacked against them and the master class panicked upon realizing they were outnumbered by slaves and poor whites.
Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Slavery and religion in the antebellum south inquiries. In one volume, these essentially unabridged selections from the works of the proslavery apologists are now conveniently accessible to scholars and students of the antebellum south. The united states is unique in that it is the only country known to have prohibited the education of slaves. As slavery began to displace indentured servitude as the principal supply of labor in the plantation systems of the south, the economic nature of the institution of slavery aided in the increased inequality of wealth seen in the antebellum south. Plus easytounderstand solutions written by experts for thousands of other textbooks. Slaves and poor whites in the antebellum southern countryside keri leigh merritt reveals the parallel roots of white poverty and slavery in the antebellum south. Jeff forret author of race relations at the margins.
Facts, information and articles about the antebellum period, before the civil war. Plantation life in the antebellum south blassingame. He is the author of several books, including bound for the promised land. James henley thornwell, antebellum southern presbyterian and. Justification for slavery came with this growth and found its parallels in.
During the era of slavery in the united states, the education of african americans, enslaved and free, was often discouraged, except for religious instruction, and eventually made illegal in many of the southern states. Illness in the antebellum south ebook written by marli f. The antebellum south boundless us history lumen learning. Slavery transformed the nations politics, too, eventually resulting in a devastating civil warthe most deadly war in the history of the united states. As a college graduate, i recommend doris kearnteam of rivals.
These denominations rapid expansion in the south, however, meant abandoning this position in recognition that upwardly mobile members increasingly included slaveholders. Poor whites and slavery in the antebellum south cambridge press2017 by keri leigh merritt, does much to set the record straight. Slavery and forced migration in the antebellum south cambridge. Keri leigh merritt discusses her book, masterless men. Sex, sickness, and slavery illness in the antebellum south. The recent discovery of the african burial ground in lower manhattan reminded americans that slavery in the united states was not merely a phenomenon of the antebellum south. Lamsas, cacwl, and the southsouth midland dialect boundary in nineteenthcentury north carolina. With precision and conviction, she demonstrates that landlessness, low wages, and illiteracy, accompanied by legal and extralegal harassment by the state, were not mere byproducts of slavery, but the result of policies that enriched. Weiner skillfully integrates the history of medicine with social and intellectual history in this study of how race and sex complicated medical treatment in the antebellum south.
The old south, as it would later be referred to, was politically, culturally, economically, and spiritually built around the institution of slavery. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that. This book represents three decades of research and reflection on the social and economic systems of the antebellum south by the early twentieth centurys leading historian of african american slavery. The ideology of slavery includes excerpts by thomas r. Slavery and forced migration in the antebellum south by damian alan pargas, 9781107658967, available at book. Keri leigh merritt reveals the parallel roots of white poverty and slavery in the antebellum south.