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A Look at How Slaveholders Defended Slavery as Explained in "Defending Slavery"
Review of "Defending Slavery" by Paul Finkelman.
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This paper reviews and analyzes "Defending Slavery" by Paul Finkelman, which is a collection of pro-slavery writing from antebellum America. According to the paper, the book offers a broad overview, rooted in original documents, of the various justifications for slavery marshaled by white American slaveowners, politicians, and theorists of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
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" 'Defending Slavery', Paul Finkelman's edited collection of pro-slavery writing from antebellum America, offers a broad overview, rooted in original documents, of the various justifications for slavery marshaled by white American slaveowners, politicians, and theorists of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. One of Finkelman's guiding themes in his introductory essay, comprising Part I of the book, is the legitimacy of slavery in earlier times. Finkelman's contention is that slavery had multiple strands of supports in..."Cite this Book Review:
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A Look at How Slaveholders Defended Slavery as Explained in "Defending Slavery" (2009, December 01)
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"A Look at How Slaveholders Defended Slavery as Explained in "Defending Slavery"" 01 December 2009.
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