Peculiar Institution
Author: Stampp, Kenneth M.
ISBN: 9780679723073
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 17 Dec 1989
Pages: 464
Format: Paperback / softback
Winner of the Lincoln Prize br> br> Stampp's classic study of American slavery as a deliberately chosen, practical system of controlling and exploiting labor is one of the most important and influential works of American history written in our time.br> br> "A thoughtful and deeply moving book. . . . Mr. Stampp wants to show specifically what slavery was like, why it existed, and what it did to the American people."-Bruce Catton
ISBN: 9780679723073
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 17 Dec 1989
Pages: 464
Format: Paperback / softback
Winner of the Lincoln Prize br> br> Stampp's classic study of American slavery as a deliberately chosen, practical system of controlling and exploiting labor is one of the most important and influential works of American history written in our time.br> br> "A thoughtful and deeply moving book. . . . Mr. Stampp wants to show specifically what slavery was like, why it existed, and what it did to the American people."-Bruce Catton
