Slavery and Emancipation

Slavery and Emancipation is a comprehensive collection of primary and secondary readings on the history of slaveholding in the American South combining recent historical research with period documents. The most comprehensive collection of primary and secondary readings on the history of slaveholding in America. Combines recent historical research with period documents to bring both immediacy and perspective to the origins, principles, realities, and aftermath of African-American slavery. Includes the colonial foundations of slavery, the master-slave relationship, the cultural world of the planters, the slave community, and slave resistance and rebellion. Each section contains one major article by a prominent historian, and three primary documents drawn from plantation records, travellers' accounts, slave narratives, autobiographies, statute law, diaries, letters, and investigative reports.

Introduction
Colonial Origins: Race and Slavery:
Introduction
Documents:
The First Blacks Arrive In Virginia (1619)
Slavery Becomes A Legal Fact In Virginia (17th Century Statutes)
South Carolina Restricts The Liberty Of Slaves (1740)
Article: Philip D. Morgan, Two Infant Slave Societies In The Chesapeake And The Lowcountry (From Slave Counterpoint, 1998)
From African To African-American: Slave Adaptation To The New World:
Introduction
Documents:
Olaudah Equiano Describes His Capture (1760)
Slave Cargo List, South Carolina (1730)
List Of Fugitive Slave Skills, Virginia (18th Century)
Article: Ira Berlin, The Plantation Generation Of African Americans (From Many Thousands Gone, 1998)
The Formation of The Master Class:
Introduction
Documents:
William Byrd Ii Describes The Patriarchal Ideal (1726)
Reverend Jarratt Observes The Life-Style Of Virginia's Planters (1750)
Thomas Jefferson Gives Instructions To His Overseer (1774-1790)
Article: Kathy Brown, Masters And Mistresses In Colonial Virginia (From Good Wives, Nasty Wenches, And Anxious Patriarchs, 1996)
Slavery and The American Revolution:
Introduction
Documents:
Lord Dunmore's Proclamation Freeing Slaves In Virginia (1775)
Virginia's Manumission Law (1782)
Thomas Jefferson Expresses His Unease Over Slavery (1782)
Article: Peter Kolchin, Slavery And The American Revolution (From American Slavery, 1993)
The Growth of The Cotton Kingdom:
Introduction
Documents:
Joseph Baldwin On Cotton Planters In Alabama And Mississippi (1836)
James Henry Hammond On Agriculture In The Upper South (1841)
Frederick Law Olmsted On The Profitability Of Cotton (1856)
Article: Mark Smith, Debating The Profitability Of Antebellum Southern Agriculture (From Debating Slavery, 1998)
The World of The Planters:
Introduction
Documents:
John Lyde Wilson, ôThe Code Of Honorö (1838)
George Fitzhugh On The Benefits Of Slavery (1857)
George Cary Eggleston Remembers Aristocratic Life In Virginia (1875)
Article: Eugene Genovese, The Slaveholders' Dilemma Between Slavery And Progress (From The Slaveholders' Dilemma, 1992)
Life Within The Big House:
Introduction
Documents:
Adele Petigru Is Reminded Of The Mistress' Duties By Her Aunt (C. 1830s)
Rosalie Roos On Marriages In South Carolina (1854)
Mary Chesnut Describes The Effects Of Patriarchy (1861)
Article: Marli Wiener, Mistresses And Slaves In A Patriarchal World (From Mistresses And Slaves (1998)
Masters And Slaves: Paternalism And Exploitation:
Introduction
Documents:
James Henry Hammond Battles Slave Illness (1841)
Rules On The Rice Estate Of Plowden C. Weston (1846)
Charles Manigault Instructs His Overseer About ôMy Negroesö (1848)
Article: Walter Johnson, The Chattel Principle (From Soul By Soul, 1999)
Life In The Slave Quarters:
Introduction
Documents:
Frederick Douglass Remembers His Childhood (1845)
Tempie Herndon Remembers Her Wedding (1860)
Daniel Drake Remembers A Corn-Shucking Ceremony (1870)
Article: Brenda Stevenson, Slave Marriage And Family Life In Antebellum Virginia (From Life In Black And White, 1996)
Slave Resistance And Slave Rebellion:
Introduction
Documents:
Excerpts From Denmark Vesey's Trial Transcript (1822)
Frederick Douglass Remember Resisting His Overseer (1845)
Frederick Law Olmsted On Slave Runaways In Virginia (1856)
Article: John Hope Franklin And Loren Schweninger, The Impact Of Runaway Slaves On The Slave System (From Runaway Slaves, 1999)
The Abolitionist Impulse:
Introduction
Documents:
William Lloyd Garrison, ôI Will Be Heardö (1831)
Massachussets Anti-Slavery Society Resolution (1843)
Frederick Douglass Discusses The Fourth Of July (1852)
Article: Paul Goodman, Abolitionists And The Origins Of Racial Equality (From Of One Blood, 1998)
The Politics of Slavery:
Introduction
Documents:
John C. Calhoun's Address To The People Of The United States (1832)
The New York Tribune On The Radical Origins Of Republicans (1855)
Abraham Lincoln's House Divided Speech (1858)
Article: Don E. Fehrenbacher, Slavery And Territorial Expansion (From The Slaveholding Republic, 2001)
Secession and Civil War:
Introduction
Documents:
South Carolina's Ordinance Of Secession (1860)
Mary Chesnut Recalls The Beginning Of The War (1861)
Gertrude Thomas On The Role Of Slave Mistresses During The War (1863)
Article: Drew Faust, Confederate Women In The Crisis Of The Slaveholding South (From Mothers Of Invention, 1996)
Emancipation and The Destruction Of Slavery:
Introduction
Documents:
Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation (1863)
Frederick Douglass, ôMen Of Color, To Armsö (1863)
Selections Of Documents On The Black Military Experience (1863-1865)
Article: Ira Berlin Et Al., The Destruction Of Slavery (From Slaves No More, 1992)
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