The Counterrevolution of Slavery
Subtitle: Politics and Ideology in Antebellum South Carolina
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: October 31, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780807825716
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Black studies; Slavery & emancipation; c 1800 to c 1900; Political activity; Slavery; U.S. History - Antebellum Period (1840-1860); United States - Civil War; History; History - U.S; History: American; South Carolina; Political aspects; 19th century; History / United States / State & Local; United States - State & Local - General; History & Theory - General; 1775-1865; Politics and government; Slaveholders
First sentence: By the dawn of the antebellum era, the southern half of the United States had given rise to a distinct slave society.