The Pro-Slavery Argument

Name: The Pro-Slavery Argument
ISBN: 9780344234699

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2017504 pagesFranklin Classics Trade Press

This collection compiles essays from prominent Southern intellectuals, presenting a detailed defense of slavery. The arguments cover various aspects, including economic, social, and moral justifications for the institution. It offers a direct look into the historical perspectives that shaped a significant period in American history.

Avg. reading time: 9h 33m
Prose complexity: 10/10

Informative Intellectual Complex

William Gilmore Simms

William Gilmore Simms was a 19th-century Southern writer known for his historical fiction and biographies. He wrote novels like The Sword and the Distaff and several books on Francis Marion, a Revolutionary War officer. Simms also authored non-fiction, including The Pro-Slavery Argument.

Thomas Roderick Dew

Thomas Roderick Dew was an American writer known for his historical and political works. He authored The Pro-Slavery Argument, a collection of essays defending slavery, and A Digest of the Laws, Customs, Manners, and Institutions of the Ancient and Modern Nations.

William Harper

William Harper is an author with a remarkably broad scope, writing for young readers with The Keeper: The Unguarded Story of Tim Howard and tackling complex academic subjects in philosophical logic and the physical sciences. His work also includes historical non-fiction, notably The Pro-slavery Argument.