The Old South /
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| Imprint: | Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Publishers, 2001. |
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| Description: | xviii, 297 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Blackwell readers in American social and cultural history ; 4 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4414805 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- Map: The Old South in 1860
- Chronology
- Introduction
- Part I. A Modern Old South.Introduction to Documents and Essays
- 1. An "Old" Old South
- Sketches of the South Santee, 1797-1798.A Georgia Planter on the Classical South, 1835
- A Georgia Planter Bemoans the Cost of Slavery, 1846
- An "Old" Old South
- 2. An Old South by the Clock
- The Importance of "Early Rising," 1851
- Clock Time and Southern Railroads, 1834
- Plantation Time, 1851
- Timing Slave Labor by the Watch, 1843
- Plantation Time from a Slave's Perspective, 1847
- An Old South by the Clock
- Study Questions and Further Reading
- Part II. Southern Honor, Southern Violence
- Introduction to Documents and Essays
- 3. The Appearance of Honor and the Honor of Appearance
- Affronts to Honor in a Southern Newspaper, 1843
- Public Accusations of Falsehood, 1833
- Codes of Honor and Dueling, 1858
- The Appearance of Honor and the Honor of Appearance
- 4. Poor, Violent Men in a Premodern World
- A Traveller's Comments on the "Barbarity" of the Southern Frontier, 1816
- A Traveller Observes Techniques of Fighting. 1807
- "Tall talk" Among Ruffians, 1843
- Poor, Violent Men in a Premodern World
- Study Questions and Further Reading
- Part III. Constructing And Defending Slavery
- Introduction to Documents and Essays
- 5. Slavery Ordained of God
- Frederick Law Olmstead Recounts Impressions of a Religious Meeting, 1856
- James Henley Thornwell's Defense of Slavery, 1860
- Slavery Ordained of God
- 6. Proslavery, Gender, and the Southern Yeomen
- James Henley Thornwell Associates Slavery and Gender Relations, 1852
- Manning's Letter to his Wife, 1860 George Howe Justifies the Subordination of Women, 1850
- Proslavery, Gender, and the Southern Yeomen
- Study Questions and Further Reading
- Part IV. Communities, Cultures, and Economies: Lives of the Enslaved
- Introduction to Documents and Essays
- 7. Benefits of the Lowcountry Slaves' Economy Charles Manigault's Plantation Journal, 1844
- A South Carolina Rice Planter on the Slaves' Economy, 1858
- Petition and Deposition of Former Slaves, 1873
- Benefits of the Lowcountry Slaves' Economy
- 8. Ambiguities of the Upcountry Slaves' Economy
- A Foreign Traveller Observes Wage-earning Slaves, 1860 Slaves on Trial, 1846
- Ambiguities of the Upcountry Slaves' Economy
- Study Questions and Further Reading
- Part V. Selling Southern Bodies.Introduction to Documents and Essays
- 9. The Slave Trader in Image and Reality
- A Boston Minister on Slave Traders, 1855
- A Slaveholder Comments on Traders and Prices, 1846
- A Trader Notes Market Prices for Slaves, 1859
- The Slave Trader in Image and Reality
- 10. Reading Bodies, Answering Questions
- A Southern Physician on "Unsoundness in the Negro," 1858-1859
- A Trader Notes How Slaves Affect Their Sales, 1856
- A Former Slave Notes Buyers Reading Bodies, 1855
- A Slave Reads a Buyer, 1858
- Asking Questions and Reading Bodies
- Study Questions and Further Reading
- Part VI. Womanhood in Black and White
- Introduction to Documents and Essays
- 11. Breast-Feeding and Elite White Womanhood
- Southern Medical Opinions on Wet Nursing and Breast Feeding, 1850
- Newspaper Advertisements for Wet Nurses, 1859
- A Southern Mother on Child-Rearing, 1844
- Breast-Feeding and Elite White Motherhood
- 12. Slave Women and Definitions of Womanhood
- Defining a "Good Wife" and "Good Woman," 1835
- Testimony of Three former Virginia Female Slaves
- Slave Women and Definitions of Womanhood
- Study Q
