The peculiar institution
Subtitle: slavery in the ante-bellum South
By: by Kenneth M. Stampp
Edition: Vintage Books ed.
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: 1989
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 435
ISBN-13: 9780679723073
Subjects: Slavery -- Economic aspects -- Southern States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The setting; title: From day clean to first dark; title: A troublesome property; title: To make them stand in fear; title: Chattels personal; title: Slavemongering; title: Maintenance, morbidity, mortality; title: Between two cultures; title: Profit and loss; title: He who has endured