Slavery and Freedom
An Interpretation of the Old South
2 July 1998
Territory Rights — Worldwide including Canada, but excluding the British Commonwealth.
Description
"The most valuable and stimulating general interpretation of the Old South to appear in recent years."—George M. Fredrickson
This pathbreaking interpretation of the slaveholding South begins with the insight that slavery and freedom were not mutually exclusive but were intertwined in every dimension of life in the South. James Oakes traces the implications of this insight for relations between masters and slaves, slaveholders and non-slaveholders, and for the rise of a racist ideology.
Reviews
"Intriguing.... Oakes goes where few historians have gone before.... He has produced a solidly researched, provocative account of the Old South that will make its readers think and rethink." — Newsday