The Peculiar Institution: Slavery in the Ante-Bellum South - Softcover

Stampp, Kenneth M.

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The Peculiar Institution: Slavery in the Ante-Bellum South [paperback] Stampp, Kenneth M. [Feb 12, 1964] …

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Mr. Stampp wants to show specifically what slavery was like, why it existed, and what it did to the American people.

About the Author

Kenneth M. Stampp was twice awarded John Simon Guggenheim Fellowships, held two fellowships at the Huntington Library, and has been a Visiting Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford. A specialist in ninteenth-century American history, he is the author of many books on that period, including The Era of Reconstruction. Mr. Stampp died in 2009.

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ISBN 10:  0679723072 ISBN 13:  9780679723073
Publisher: Vintage, 1989
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