Debating Slavery: Economy and Society in the Antebellum American South

by Mark M. Smith

Book Overview

Even while slavery existed, Americans debated slavery. Was it a profitable and healthy institution? If so, for whom? The abolition of slavery in 1865 did not end this debate, and it still remains... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521571588
• ISBN13: 9780521571586
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 8.9"