University, Court, and Slave
Author: Alfred L. Brophy
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 409
ISBN-13: 0199964238
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUniversity, 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.