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University, court, and slave : proslavery academic thought and southern jurisprudence, 1831-1861
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University, court, and slave : proslavery academic thought and southern jurisprudence, 1831-1861 / Alfred L. Brophy.
ISBN
9780190625931 (ebook) :
Publication
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Physical Description
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
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Previously issued in print: 2016.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 13, 2016).
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Summary
'University, Court, and Slave' reveals long-forgotten connections between universities and pro-slavery thought. Proslavery faculty wrote about the economic and historical importance of slavery and helped shape a proslavery jurisprudence that made it harder to free slaves and pushed the South towards Civil War.
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Oxford scholarship online.
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Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 25, 2016
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Specialized.
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