The Ruling Race

A History of American Slaveholders

Author: James Oakes
ISBN: 0394716396

This study analyzes the market economy of the South, the people and groups that constituted the class of slaveholders, and the paradox of a Southern ideology, rooted in the economy, that emphasized equality of opportunity, patriotism, democracy, and racism

Publisher: Vintage Books
Publish Date: 1983

Subjects: History / United States / 19th Century

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