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The Resource Inhuman bondage : the rise and fall of slavery in the New World, David Brion Davis

Inhuman bondage : the rise and fall of slavery in the New World, David Brion Davis

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"Davis begins with the dramatic Amistad case, which vividly highlights the international character of the Atlantic slave trade and the roles of the American judiciary, the presidency, the media, and both black and white abolitionists. The heart of the book looks at slavery in the American South, describing black slaveholding planters; the rise of the Cotton Kingdom; the daily life of ordinary slaves; the highly destructive internal, long-distance slave trade; the sexual exploitation of slaves; the emergence of an African-American culture, and much more. But though centered on the United States, the book offers a global perspective spanning four continents. It is the only study of American slavery that reaches back to ancient foundations, discussing the classical and biblical justifications for chattel bondage, and also traces the long evolution of antiblack racism (as in the writings of David Hume and Emmanuel Kant, among many others). Equally important, it combines the subjects of slavery and abolitionism as very few books do, and it illuminates the meaning of nineteenth-century slave conspiracies and revolts, with a detailed comparison of three major revolts in the British Caribbean. It connects the actual life of slaves with the crucial place of slavery in American politics and stresses that slavery was integral to America's success as a nation, not a marginal enterprise."--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xvi, 440 pages, [8] pages of plates
Contents
  • The Amistad test of law and justice
  • The ancient foundations of modern slavery
  • The origins of antiblack racism in the New World
  • How Africans became integral to New World history
  • The Atlantic slave system : Brazil and the Caribbean
  • Slavery in colonial North America
  • The problem of slavery in the American Revolution
  • The impact of the French and Haitian revolutions
  • Slavery in the nineteenth-century South, I : from contradiction to defense
  • Slavery in the nineteenth-century south, II : from slaveholder treatment and the nature of labor to slave culture, sex and religion, and free Blacks
  • Some nineteenth-century slave conspiracies and revolts
  • Explanations of British abolitionism
  • Abolitionism in America
  • The politics of slavery in the United States
  • The Civil War and slave emancipation
Isbn
9780195339444
Instance
Label
Inhuman bondage : the rise and fall of slavery in the New World
Title
Inhuman bondage
Title remainder
the rise and fall of slavery in the New World
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David Brion Davis
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Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"Davis begins with the dramatic Amistad case, which vividly highlights the international character of the Atlantic slave trade and the roles of the American judiciary, the presidency, the media, and both black and white abolitionists. The heart of the book looks at slavery in the American South, describing black slaveholding planters; the rise of the Cotton Kingdom; the daily life of ordinary slaves; the highly destructive internal, long-distance slave trade; the sexual exploitation of slaves; the emergence of an African-American culture, and much more. But though centered on the United States, the book offers a global perspective spanning four continents. It is the only study of American slavery that reaches back to ancient foundations, discussing the classical and biblical justifications for chattel bondage, and also traces the long evolution of antiblack racism (as in the writings of David Hume and Emmanuel Kant, among many others). Equally important, it combines the subjects of slavery and abolitionism as very few books do, and it illuminates the meaning of nineteenth-century slave conspiracies and revolts, with a detailed comparison of three major revolts in the British Caribbean. It connects the actual life of slaves with the crucial place of slavery in American politics and stresses that slavery was integral to America's success as a nation, not a marginal enterprise."--
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Davis, David Brion
Dewey number
  • 306.362097
  • 980.013
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
  • portraits
  • plates
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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  • Slavery
  • Slavery
  • Antislavery movements
  • Antislavery movements
Label
Inhuman bondage : the rise and fall of slavery in the New World, David Brion Davis
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-413) and index
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volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
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rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
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Contents
The Amistad test of law and justice -- The ancient foundations of modern slavery -- The origins of antiblack racism in the New World -- How Africans became integral to New World history -- The Atlantic slave system : Brazil and the Caribbean -- Slavery in colonial North America -- The problem of slavery in the American Revolution -- The impact of the French and Haitian revolutions -- Slavery in the nineteenth-century South, I : from contradiction to defense -- Slavery in the nineteenth-century south, II : from slaveholder treatment and the nature of labor to slave culture, sex and religion, and free Blacks -- Some nineteenth-century slave conspiracies and revolts -- Explanations of British abolitionism -- Abolitionism in America -- The politics of slavery in the United States -- The Civil War and slave emancipation
Control code
ocm62281901
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
xvi, 440 pages, [8] pages of plates
Isbn
9780195339444
Lccn
2005031850
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps, portraits
System control number
(OCoLC)62281901
Label
Inhuman bondage : the rise and fall of slavery in the New World, David Brion Davis
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-413) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The Amistad test of law and justice -- The ancient foundations of modern slavery -- The origins of antiblack racism in the New World -- How Africans became integral to New World history -- The Atlantic slave system : Brazil and the Caribbean -- Slavery in colonial North America -- The problem of slavery in the American Revolution -- The impact of the French and Haitian revolutions -- Slavery in the nineteenth-century South, I : from contradiction to defense -- Slavery in the nineteenth-century south, II : from slaveholder treatment and the nature of labor to slave culture, sex and religion, and free Blacks -- Some nineteenth-century slave conspiracies and revolts -- Explanations of British abolitionism -- Abolitionism in America -- The politics of slavery in the United States -- The Civil War and slave emancipation
Control code
ocm62281901
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
xvi, 440 pages, [8] pages of plates
Isbn
9780195339444
Lccn
2005031850
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps, portraits
System control number
(OCoLC)62281901

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