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The Southern Debate over Slavery, Volume 2

by Loren Schweninger · 2008

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A collection of 180 county court petitions designed to offer as broad a selection as possible and include the voices of all participants: black and white, slave and free, slaveholder and non-slaveholder, male and female.

Subject
politicspoliticsMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Themes
slaveryslaveryMore like thisLess of thisAfrican AmericanAfrican AmericanMore like thisLess of thisraceraceMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
long · 424 pages

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