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1. Confronting the Great Apostle of Emancipation

© 2017 Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA and London, England

© 2017 Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA and London, England

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Introduction: The World the Slaveholders Craved 1
  4. 1. Confronting the Great Apostle of Emancipation 10
  5. 2. The Strongest Naval Power on Earth 32
  6. 3. A Hemispheric Defense of Slavery 50
  7. 4. Slavery’s Dominoes: Brazil and Texas 70
  8. 5. The Young Hercules of America 103
  9. 6. King Cotton, Emperor Slavery 125
  10. 7. Slaveholding Visions of Modernity 150
  11. 8. Foreign Policy amid Domestic Crisis 173
  12. 9. The Military South 199
  13. 10. American Slavery, Global Power 226
  14. Epilogue: The Rod of Empire 251
  15. Notes 259
  16. Acknowledgments 345
  17. Credits 349
  18. Index 351
This Vast Southern Empire
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https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674973817-002

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Introduction: The World the Slaveholders Craved 1
  4. 1. Confronting the Great Apostle of Emancipation 10
  5. 2. The Strongest Naval Power on Earth 32
  6. 3. A Hemispheric Defense of Slavery 50
  7. 4. Slavery’s Dominoes: Brazil and Texas 70
  8. 5. The Young Hercules of America 103
  9. 6. King Cotton, Emperor Slavery 125
  10. 7. Slaveholding Visions of Modernity 150
  11. 8. Foreign Policy amid Domestic Crisis 173
  12. 9. The Military South 199
  13. 10. American Slavery, Global Power 226
  14. Epilogue: The Rod of Empire 251
  15. Notes 259
  16. Acknowledgments 345
  17. Credits 349
  18. Index 351
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