Slaveholders were preoccupied with presenting slavery as a benign, paternalistic institution in which the planter took care of his family, and slaves were content with their fate. In this book, Eugene D. Genovese and Elizabeth Fox-Genovese discuss how slaveholders perpetuated and rationalized this romanticized version of life on the plantation. Slaveholders' paternalism had little to do with ostensible benevolence, kindness, and good cheer. It grew out of the necessity to discipline and morally justify a system of exploitation. At the same time, this book also advocates the examination of…
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Editions
6 editions
Paperback · English · 2011
Cambridge University Press · 250 pages · 9781107011649
Other · English · 2012
Cambridge University Press · 9780511994753
Other · English · 2011
Cambridge University Press · 9781139154000
Other · English · 2011
Cambridge University Press · 256 pages · 9781283341158
