An Empire for Slavery: The Peculiar Institution in Texas, 1821–1865

An Empire for Slavery: The Peculiar Institution in Texas, 1821–1865
ISBN-10
0807117234
ISBN-13
9780807117231
Series
An Empire for Slavery
Category
History
Pages
324
Language
English
Published
1991-08-01
Publisher
LSU Press
Author
Randolph B. Campbell

Description

Winner of the Coral Horton Tullis, Summerfield G. Roberts, and Friends of the Dallas Public Library Awards Because Texas emerged from the western frontier relatively late in the formation of the antebellum nation, it is frequently and incorrectly perceived as fundamentally western in its political and social orientation. In fact, most of the settlers of this area were emigrants from the South, and many of these people brought with them their slaves and all aspects of slavery as it had matured in their native states. In An Empire for Slavery, Randolph B. Campbell examines slavery in the antebellum South’s newest state and reveals how significant slavery was to the history of Texas. The “peculiar institution” was perhaps the most important factor in determining the economic development and ideological orientation of the state in the years leading to the Civil War.

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