An Empire for Slavery

The Peculiar Institution in Texas, 1821-1865

Paperback, 344 pages

English language

Published Oct. 14, 1991 by Louisiana State University Press.

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978-0-8071-1723-1
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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 region 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 central slavery was to Texas history. 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. Campbell points out that although the area of slaveholding in Texas covered only two-fifths of the state by 1860, this area alone was as large as Alabama and Mississippi …

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Subjects

  • American history: c 1800 to c 1900
  • Black studies
  • Slavery & emancipation
  • Social history
  • c 1800 to c 1900
  • History - General History
  • History: American
  • USA
  • General