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Chattel Slavery and Wage Slavery: The Anglo-American Context, 1830-1860 (Mercer University Lamar Memorial Lectures)
Chattel Slavery and Wage Slavery The AngloAmerican Context 18301860 - Mercer University Lamar Memorial Lectures
Author: Marcus Cunliffe
This book begins with a provocative paradox: George Fitzhugh of Virginia, one of the most eloquent defenders of Southern chattel slavery, appealed to a New York abolitionist for support. How can this be? The abolitionist in question, Charles Edwards Lester, had confessed that "he would sooner subject his child to Southern slavery, than have him ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780820332413
ISBN-10: 0820332410
Publication Date: 5/1/2008
Pages: 152
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Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Book Type: Paperback
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