Plain folk and gentry in a slave society

In 1861, only about one-quarter of white southern families owned slaves, yet the vast majority of nonslave-owning whites followed southern planters into a long and bloody war to defend slavery. In doing so, they raised the obvious question: Why? What was it about the nature of class and race relations in the Old South that led them to such sacrifice? - Introduction.

Year

1985

Language

English

Publisher

Wesleyan University Press

Editions

1

Pages

314

ISBN

9780819561633

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