Fatal self-deception : 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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Genovese, Eugene D., 1930-2012
Other Authors: Fox-Genovese, Elizabeth, 1941-2007
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Slavery > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Plantation owners > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Paternalism > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Slaves > Southern States > Social conditions > 19th century.
Plantation workers > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Whites > Southern States > Social conditions > 19th century.

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