Fatal self-deception : slaveholding paternalism in the old South / Slaveholding paternalism in the old South

Fatal self-deception : slaveholding paternalism in the old South /

Slaveholders were preoccupied with presenting slavery as a benign, paternalistic institution in which the planter took care of his family, and slaves were content with their fate. In this book, Eugene D. Genovese and Elizabeth Fox-Genovese discuss how slaveholders perpetuated and rationalized this r...

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Main Authors: Genovese, Eugene D., 1930-2012, Fox-Genovese, Elizabeth, 1941-2007 (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, [2011]
Subjects:
Slavery > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Plantation owners > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Paternalism > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Enslaved persons > Southern States > Social conditions > 19th century.
Plantation workers > Southern States > History > 19th century.
White people > Southern States > Social conditions > 19th century.
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