Myths of American Slavery

by Kennedy, Walter Donald

• ISBN13: 9781589800472
• ISBN10: 1589800478
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-11-01
• Publisher: Pelican Pub Co Inc

Summary

Myths of American Slavery is not a defense of slavery but instead a sincere attempt to defeat the spread of misinterpretations and misrepresentations that continue to bedevil race relations and contaminate Americais political landscape.

Author Biography

Walter Donald Kennedy is a history enthusiast as well as a fervent advocate of individual freedom. He has made a special study of the social and political impact of the Civil War and its continuing repercussions. A recipient of the Distinguished Service Medal of the National Sons of Confederate Veterans, Kennedy has explained his views on numerous radio and television talk shows, including the Oliver North Show and Politically Incorrect. Kennedy is the coauthor, with his twin, James Ronald Kennedy, of The South Was Right!, which is in its tenth printing and has sold almost 100,000 copies. The Kennedy brothers' other books, Was Jefferson Davis Right? and Why Not Freedom! America's Revolt Against Big Government, are also published by Pelican. Bob Harrison has appeared on CBS Evening News to discuss his role as one of the growing number of black members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. He also participates in Civil War reenactments as a first sergeant with the Thirty-seventh Texas Cavalry. A native of Pennsylvania, Harrison is a branch library director with the Norfolk, Virginia, public-library system. He is married with three children.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 7
Introduction	p. 9
Slavery: A Worldwide Phenomenon	p. 13
Slavery Comes to the New World	p. 21
Abolitionism Versus Christianity	p. 69
African-Americans, Free Born and Slave	p. 101
Slavery Versus Secession	p. 141
Lincoln: The Un-Emancipator	p. 163
Slavery and the Confederate States of America	p. 183
The Flag of Slavery	p. 195
On the State of Slavery in Virginia	p. 211
On Jordan's Stormy Banks	p. 221
Abstract: On the State of Slavery in Virginia	p. 235
Early Anti-Slavery Tract	p. 241
Recommended Reading List	p. 247
Notes	p. 253
Bibliography	p. 269
Index	p. 275
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