The slaveholders' dilemma : freedom and progress in Southern conservative thought, 1820-1860 / Eugene D. Genovese ; new foreword by Douglas Ambrose.

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"In The Slaveholders' Dilemma, Eugene D. Genovese explores the efforts of American slaveholders to reconcile the intellectual dilemma in which they found themselves as supporters of freedom but defenders of slavery"--Page 4 of cover.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Genovese, Eugene D., 1930-2012 (Author)
Other Authors: Ambrose, Douglas, 1957- (writer of foreword.)
Language:English
Published: Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, 2021.
Subjects:
Slaveholders > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Slaveholders > Southern States > Attitudes.
Liberty.
Slavery > Southern States > Justification.
Southern States > Race relations > History > 19th century.
Race relations.
Slaveholders.
Slaveholders > Attitudes.
Slavery > Justification.
Southern States.
1800-1899
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xxii, 116 pages ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Description
Summary:
"In The Slaveholders' Dilemma, Eugene D. Genovese explores the efforts of American slaveholders to reconcile the intellectual dilemma in which they found themselves as supporters of freedom but defenders of slavery"--Page 4 of cover.
Note:"Cloth edition published by the University of South Carolina Press, 1992. Paperback original edition published by the University of South Carolina Press, 1994"--title page verso.
Call Number:E449 .G3725 2021
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781643362519
1643362518