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Southern Honor: Ethics And Behavior In The Old South

Explains the importance of the concept of honor in Southern society and examines family relationships, courtship, marriage, miscegenation, dueling, and slave insurrections.

Subject
history
Themes
american historyslaveryhistory
Setting
civil waramerican south
Audience
adult
Length
long · 597 pages

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