Slave Trading in the Old South

by Frederic Bancroft

Book Overview

Overwhelming evidence against the historical view of slavery as a benevolent "peculiar institution"

Posting what he called "a most deadly array of facts," Frederic Bancroft exploded deeply entrenched myths about antebellum slavery when Slave Trading in the Old South was first published in 1931. As fresh and informative today as it was then, the classic study returns to print, giving a new generation of historians, students,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570031037
• ISBN13: 9781570031038
• Release Date: March 1996
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 484 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"