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020 $a9781107013377 (hardback)
020 $a1107013372 (hardback)
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050 00 $aF214$b.S55 2012
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100 1 $aShields, Johanna Nicol.
245 10 $aFreedom in a slave society :$bstories from the antebellum South /$cJohanna Nicol Shields.
260 $aCambridge ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2012.
300 $axxiii, 318 p. :$bill., map ;$c24 cm.
490 1 $aCambridge studies on the American South
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $a"Before the Civil War, most Southern white people were as strongly committed to freedom for their kind as to slavery for African Americans. This study views that tragic reality through the lens of eight authors - representatives of a South that seemed, to them, destined for greatness but was, we know, on the brink of destruction. Exceptionally able and ambitious, these men and women won repute among the educated middle classes in the Southwest, South and the nation, even amid sectional tensions. Although they sometimes described liberty in the abstract, more often these authors discussed its practical significance: what it meant for people to make life's important choices freely and to be responsible for the results. They publicly insisted that freedom caused progress, but hidden doubts clouded this optimistic vision. Ultimately, their association with the oppression of slavery dimmed their hopes for human improvement, and fear distorted their responses to the sectional crisis"--$cProvided by publisher.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: 1. Regarding a 'weird utopia'; Part I. The Origins of Individual Freedom: 2. Self-making in southwestern towns; 3. The domestic foundations of self-determination; 4. The voluntary bonds of friendship; Part II. Writing Freedom, with Slaves: 5. Southwestern histories for a divided market; 6. Slave characters and the problem of human nature; Part III. The Crisis of the Rising South: 7. Slavery and political trust; 8. Self-determination and slavery in conflict.
651 0 $aSouthern States$xIntellectual life$y19th century.
650 0 $aAmerican literature$zSouthern States$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aAuthors, American$zSouthern States$xPolitical and social views.
650 0 $aPolitics and literature$zSouthern States$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aWhites$zSouthern States$xAttitudes$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aLiberty in literature.
650 0 $aSlavery in literature.
650 7 $aHISTORY / United States / 19th Century.$2bisacsh
830 0 $aCambridge studies on the American South.
852 00 $bglx$hF214$i.S55 2012
852 00 $bbar,stor$hF214$i.S55 2012