A01=Randolph B. Campbell
Author_Randolph B. Campbell
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- ISBN 9780807117231
- Weight: 435g
- Dimensions: 153 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 01 Aug 1991
- Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Winner of the Coral Horton Tullis, Summerfield G. Roberts, and Friends of the Dallas Public Library Awards
Because Texas emerged from the western frontier relatively late in the formation of the antebellum nation, it is frequently and incorrectly perceived as fundamentally western in its political and social orientation. In fact, most of the settlers of this area were emigrants from the South, and many of these people brought with them their slaves and all aspects of slavery as it had matured in their native states.
In An Empire for Slavery, Randolph B. Campbell examines slavery in the antebellum South's newest state and reveals how significant slavery was to the history of Texas. The ""peculiar institution"" was perhaps the most important factor in determining the economic development and ideological orientation of the state in the years leading to the Civil War.
Because Texas emerged from the western frontier relatively late in the formation of the antebellum nation, it is frequently and incorrectly perceived as fundamentally western in its political and social orientation. In fact, most of the settlers of this area were emigrants from the South, and many of these people brought with them their slaves and all aspects of slavery as it had matured in their native states.
In An Empire for Slavery, Randolph B. Campbell examines slavery in the antebellum South's newest state and reveals how significant slavery was to the history of Texas. The ""peculiar institution"" was perhaps the most important factor in determining the economic development and ideological orientation of the state in the years leading to the Civil War.
Randolph B. Campbell, Regents Professor of History at the University of North Texas, is the author of several books, including A Southern Community in Crisis: Harrison County, Texas, 1850-1880 and Gone to Texas: A History of the Lone Star State.
