Perspectives and Irony in American Slavery Edited by Harry P. Owens Essays by Carl N. Degler, Eugene D. Genovese, David Brion Davis, Stanley L. Engerman, William K. Scarborough, John W. Blassingame, and Kenneth M. Stampp This volume is an outgrowth of a symposium entitled "The Slave Experience in America: A Bicentennial Perspective," sponsored by the University of Mississippi in October, 1975. Few institutions have had as much influence on American history as the institution of slavery. For at least three centuries slavery has generated discussion, heated debate, or active denunciation. In this volume of collected essays, seven distinguished historians offer, not consensus, but their individual perspectives on this controversial subject. In his essay, Carl N. Degler develops the idea of irony in American slavery, one of the major themes of this book. Examining slavery in its international setting, Eugene D. Genovese interprets the relationships between emerging capitalism and...

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