Book contents
- Masterless Men
- Cambridge Studies on the American South
- Masterless Men
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The Second Degree of Slavery
- 1 The Southern Origins of the Homestead Act
- 2 The Demoralization of Labor
- 3 Masterless (and Militant) White Workers
- 4 Everyday Life: Material Realities
- 5 Literacy, Education, and Disfranchisement
- 6 Vagrancy, Alcohol, and Crime
- 7 Poverty and Punishment
- 8 Race, Republicans, and Vigilante Violence
- 9 Class Crisis and the Civil War
- Conclusion: A Dual Emancipation
- Appendix Numbers, Percentages, and the Census
- Index
- Masterless Men
- Cambridge Studies on the American South
- Masterless Men
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The Second Degree of Slavery
- 1 The Southern Origins of the Homestead Act
- 2 The Demoralization of Labor
- 3 Masterless (and Militant) White Workers
- 4 Everyday Life: Material Realities
- 5 Literacy, Education, and Disfranchisement
- 6 Vagrancy, Alcohol, and Crime
- 7 Poverty and Punishment
- 8 Race, Republicans, and Vigilante Violence
- 9 Class Crisis and the Civil War
- Conclusion: A Dual Emancipation
- Appendix Numbers, Percentages, and the Census
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Masterless MenPoor Whites and Slavery in the Antebellum South, pp. 349 - 362Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017