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review of the peculiar institution A Review of American Negro Slavery by Ulrich B. Phillips Phillips' book is an attempt to provide an overview of the practice and
but only lets him see himself through the revelation of the other world. It is a peculiar sensation, this double consciousness, this sense of always looking at one's
history is rather vague, I would suggest that he should go for something with a broader review of the history. The illustrations given by the author of the slave
prospect appalled northern whites who had hoped to settle in lily white areas, untroubled by that peculiar institution whose presence (they believed) would degrade
regime). In addition, international arbitration is frequently regarded as a means of mitigating the peculiar uncertainties of transnational litigation-which can include
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A Review of
American Negro Slavery
by Ulrich B. Phillips
Phillips' book is an attempt to provide an overview of the practice and institutions of slavery in the Americas from its beginnings to the 19th century. Writing in 1918, Phillips hoped to provide an account of slavery based upon historical evidence and modern methods of research, rather than ideological motivations. He drew his evidence from the plantation records and letters of slave owners; contemporary travel accounts; court records and legal documents; newspaper articles; and in some instances, the recordings of slaves themselves, rather than what he viewed as more biased sources such as abolitionist writings. While this approach was not systematic and led him to base many of his conclusions upon subjective evidence and an over reliance upon particular chroniclers of the South, the bulk of his findings are supported by subsequent scholarship.
The book opens up with Genovese's Forward, stating that since WWII many historian have been reading Phillips with "hostility, suspicion, and even contempt" and even worse because they "have not been encouraging their students to read him at all." Phillips begins the book by discussing the beginnings of the use of slaves in the West Indies sugar plantations, and slowly makes his way towards America. The author explains each type of plantation and its cash crop and discusses the areas where slavery was well received or rejected.
In the descriptive portions of his book, Phillips was generally on target but lacked depth. Historians would later take exception to his findings, as they are based more upon his personal beliefs concerning race, rather than documented evidence. The author is mainly concerned with the economic and political aspects of slavery and as such the bulk of the book is therefore devoted to an examination of how westward expansion coincided with economic development that resulted in the creation of...
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