03246oam 22004934a 450 991016307600332120180817105057.00-8071-6861-0(CKB)3710000001045824(MiAaPQ)EBC4794177(OCoLC)1016614528(MdBmJHUP)muse58029(BIP)121067476(EXLCZ)99371000000104582420061201d2007 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierSlavery, Emancipation, and Freedom Comparative Perspectives /Stanley L. EngermanBaton Rouge :Louisiana State University Press,[2007]©20071 online resource (127 pages)Walter Lynwood Fleming lectures in southern historyIncludes bibliographical references (p. [93]-114).Slavery in world perspective -- Emancipation in world perspective -- Postscript: Slavery and its continuities in the modern world.It is beyond dispute that slavery has always been abhorrent and, wherever it still exists, should be abolished. Where most scholarly writing on slavery in the past has concentrated on examining slaves as victims, recent writings have taken a more nuanced view of slavery in focusing on the slaves themselves and their cultural and psychological accomplishments in captivity. Also, studies of the system's profitability have shown that, from an economic perspective, slavery worked for the slaveholders and their society. In Slavery, Emancipation, and Freedom , the distinguished scholar Stanley Engerman succinctly synthesizes current scholarship and addresses questions that are critical to understanding the nature of slavery: Why did slavery arise, and how, why, where, and when did it legally end? What impact did slavery have on the enslaved? Was the impact lingering or was it reversed by the provision of freedom? Engerman begins his study by discussing slavery from a global perspective. He reminds us of the ubiquity of slavery throughout the world, challenging the stereotype that it was only the American South's "peculiar institution." Using the same broad comparative and temporal approach to discuss emancipation, he shows how emancipation in the southern states, several decades after it began in other parts of the world, both differed from and mirrored abolition around the globe. Slavery, Emancipation, and Freedom is an important confrontation with America's and the world's past and present. Both the breadth and depth of this brief, incisive treatise demonstrate why Engerman is considered one of America's most insightful and respected scholars.Walter Lynwood Fleming lectures in southern history.LibertySlaveryHistorySlaveryElectronic books. Liberty.SlaveryHistory.Slavery.306.3/6209Engerman Stanley L127171MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910163076003321Slavery, Emancipation, and Freedom3399652UNINA