University, Court, and Slave
Alfred L. Brophy
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Description for University, Court, and Slave
Hardback. University, Court, and Slave reveals long-forgotten connections between universities and pro-slavery thought. Proslavery faculty wrote about the economic and historical importance of slavery and helped shape a proslavery jurisprudence that made it harder to free slaves and pushed the South towards Civil War. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW; HBTS; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 165 x 34. Weight in Grams: 686.
Alfred L. Brophy's University, Court, and Slave reveals long-forgotten connections between pre-Civil War southern universities and slavery. Universities and their faculty owned people -- sometimes dozens of people -- and profited from their labor while many were physically abused on their campuses. Education was often paid for through the profits of enslaved labor. University faculty -- and students -- also promoted the institution of slavery. They wrote about the history of slavery, its central role in the southern economy, and developed a political theory that justified keeping some people in slavery. The university faculty spoke a common language of economic ... Read more
Alfred L. Brophy's University, Court, and Slave reveals long-forgotten connections between pre-Civil War southern universities and slavery. Universities and their faculty owned people -- sometimes dozens of people -- and profited from their labor while many were physically abused on their campuses. Education was often paid for through the profits of enslaved labor. University faculty -- and students -- also promoted the institution of slavery. They wrote about the history of slavery, its central role in the southern economy, and developed a political theory that justified keeping some people in slavery. The university faculty spoke a common language of economic ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
Number of Pages
402
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199964239
SKU
V9780199964239
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About Alfred L. Brophy
Alfred L. Brophy is Professor of Law at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the author of Reparations Pro and Con and Reconstructing the Dreamland.
Reviews for University, Court, and Slave
[I]mportant.... Brophy adds meaningfully to the broader field of southern intellectual history.... Scholars of southern intellectual life, education, and the law will find Brophy's thorough analysis of both landmark and obscure proslavery literature useful and provocative.
The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society
Brophy's book is a well-crafted introduction to pro-slavery thought as expressed in venues that historians ... Read more
The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society
Brophy's book is a well-crafted introduction to pro-slavery thought as expressed in venues that historians ... Read more