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Winner of the Lincoln Prize Stampp’s classic study of American slavery as a deliberately chosen, practical system of controlling and exploiting labor is one of the most important and influential works of American history written in our time. “A thoughtful and deeply moving book. . . . Mr. Stampp wants to show specifically what slavery was like, why it existed, and what it did to the American people.”—Bruce Catton
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The Peculiar Institution, Kenneth M. Stampp
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- Released
- 1989
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- Title
- The Peculiar Institution
- Subtitle
- Slavery in the Ante-Bellum South
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Kenneth M. Stampp
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Released
- 1989
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 464
- ISBN10
- 0679723072
- ISBN13
- 9780679723073
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Historical Themes, History, Politics, Other History, Social Issues, American History, Slavery
- Rating
- 4.15 out of 5
- Description
- Winner of the Lincoln Prize Stampp’s classic study of American slavery as a deliberately chosen, practical system of controlling and exploiting labor is one of the most important and influential works of American history written in our time. “A thoughtful and deeply moving book. . . . Mr. Stampp wants to show specifically what slavery was like, why it existed, and what it did to the American people.”—Bruce Catton