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03316aam a2200445 a 4500 001 006C0B1427E111E28D42D0E26AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20121106010327 008 120124s2012 enkab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2012003302 020 $a 1107013372 (hardback) 020 $a 9781107013377 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)772109802 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $d SILO $d BTCTA $d UKMGB $d PHA $d YDXCP $d BWX $d CDX $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a F214 $b .S55 2012 082 00 $a 973.5 $2 23 084 $a HIS036040 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Shields, Johanna Nicol. 245 1 $a Freedom in a slave society : $b stories from the antebellum South / $c Johanna Nicol Shields. 260 $a Cambridge ; $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2012. 300 $a xxiii, 318 p. : $b ill., map ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Cambridge studies on the American South 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "Before the Civil War, most Southern white people were as strongly committed to freedom for their kind as to slavery for African Americans. This study views that tragic reality through the lens of eight authors - representatives of a South that seemed, to them, destined for greatness but was, we know, on the brink of destruction. Exceptionally able and ambitious, these men and women won repute among the educated middle classes in the Southwest, South and the nation, even amid sectional tensions. Although they sometimes described liberty in the abstract, more often these authors discussed its practical significance: what it meant for people to make life's important choices freely and to be responsible for the results. They publicly insisted that freedom caused progress, but hidden doubts clouded this optimistic vision. Ultimately, their association with the oppression of slavery dimmed their hopes for human improvement, and fear distorted their responses to the sectional crisis"-- $c Provided by publisher. 505 8 $a Machine generated contents note: 1. Regarding a 'weird utopia'; Part I. The Origins of Individual Freedom: 2. Self-making in southwestern towns; 3. The domestic foundations of self-determination; 4. The voluntary bonds of friendship; Part II. Writing Freedom, with Slaves: 5. Southwestern histories for a divided market; 6. Slave characters and the problem of human nature; Part III. The Crisis of the Rising South: 7. Slavery and political trust; 8. Self-determination and slavery in conflict. 651 0 $a Southern States $x Intellectual life $y 19th century. 650 0 $a American literature $z Southern States $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Authors, American $z Southern States $x Political and social views. 650 0 $a Politics and literature $z Southern States $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Whites $z Southern States $x History $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Liberty in literature. 650 0 $a Slavery in literature. 650 7 $a HISTORY / United States / 19th Century. $2 bisacsh 830 0 $a Cambridge studies on the American South. 856 42 $3 Cover image $u http://assets.cambridge.org/97811070/13377/cover/9781107013377.jpg 941 $a 2 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826055727.0 952 $l UXAX826 $d 20150508032012.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=006C0B1427E111E28D42D0E26AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search