American Negro Slavery
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: 2nd paperback ed.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: N/A - paperback with red card cover, some wear and fading to edges and corners. Page Condition: Yellowed with signs of aging. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Binding intact.
A landmark — and deeply controversial — work in American historiography, American Negro Slavery presents a sweeping survey of the plantation system and the institution of slavery in the antebellum American South. Ulrich B. Phillips draws on extensive primary sources, including plantation records, diaries, and correspondence, to chronicle the economic and social structures that underpinned Southern slave society. Written from a perspective now widely critiqued for its racial paternalism, the work nonetheless remains essential reading for understanding the development of American historical scholarship in the early twentieth century. Eugene D. Genovese's foreword contextualises Phillips's methodology and legacy, situating this edition within the broader scholarly debate about race, labour, and historical interpretation. As a foundational — if contested — text, it continues to instruct students and scholars on how narratives of the past are constructed, challenged, and revised.
Author: Ulrich B. Phillips
Format: Paperback
Published: 1969, Louisiana State University Press
Genre: American history
Edition: 2nd paperback ed.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: N/A - paperback with red card cover, some wear and fading to edges and corners. Page Condition: Yellowed with signs of aging. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Binding intact.
A landmark — and deeply controversial — work in American historiography, American Negro Slavery presents a sweeping survey of the plantation system and the institution of slavery in the antebellum American South. Ulrich B. Phillips draws on extensive primary sources, including plantation records, diaries, and correspondence, to chronicle the economic and social structures that underpinned Southern slave society. Written from a perspective now widely critiqued for its racial paternalism, the work nonetheless remains essential reading for understanding the development of American historical scholarship in the early twentieth century. Eugene D. Genovese's foreword contextualises Phillips's methodology and legacy, situating this edition within the broader scholarly debate about race, labour, and historical interpretation. As a foundational — if contested — text, it continues to instruct students and scholars on how narratives of the past are constructed, challenged, and revised.