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Winner of the Lincoln PrizeStampp’s classic study of American slavery as a deliberately chosen, practical system of controlling and exploiting labor is one of the most important and influential works of American history written in our time.
“A thoughtful and deeply moving book. . . . Mr. Stampp wants to show specifically what slavery was like, why it existed, and what it did to the American people.”—Bruce Catton
The book, Peculiar Institution: Slavery in the Ante-Bellum South [Bulk, Wholesale, Quantity] ISBN#9780679723073 in Paperback by Kenneth M. Stampp may be ordered in bulk quantities. Minimum starts at 25 copies. Availability based on publisher status and quantity being ordered.
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