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Slavery in Alabama Paperback - 1994

by James Benson Sellers; Introduction by Harriet E. Amos Doss


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The only comprehensive statewide study of the institution of slavery in Alabama Since its initial publication in 1950, Slavery in Alabama remains the only comprehensive statewide study of the institution of slavery in Alabama. Sellers concentrates on examining the social and economic aspects of how slavery operated in the state. After a brief discussion of slavery under imperial rulers of the colonial and territorial periods, Sellers focuses on the transplantation of the slavery system from the Atlantic seaboard states to Alabama.
Sellers used the primary sources available to him, including government documents, county and city records, personal papers, church records, and newspapers. His discussions of the church and the slave, and his treatment of the proslavery defense, deepen the comprehensiveness of his study. His two sections of photographs are special touches showing former slaves and churches with slave galleries.

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Since its initial publication in 1950, Slavery in Alabama remains the only comprehensive statewide study of the institution of slavery in Alabama. Sellers concentrates on examining the social and economic aspects of how slavery operated in the state. After a brief discussion of slavery under imperial rulers of the colonial and territorial periods, Sellers focuses on the transplantation of the slavery system from the Atlantic seaboard states to Alabama. Sellers used the primary sources available to him, including government documents, county and city records, personal papers, church records, and newspapers. His discussions of the church and the slave, and his treatment of the proslavery defense, deepen the comprehensiveness of his study. His two sections of photographs are special touches showing former slaves and churches with slave galleries.

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  • Title Slavery in Alabama
  • Author James Benson Sellers; Introduction by Harriet E. Amos Doss
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st Printing
  • Pages 456
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa, AL
  • Date 1994-06
  • ISBN 9780817305949 / 0817305947
  • Weight 1.34 lbs (0.61 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.55 x 5.57 x 1.36 in (21.72 x 14.15 x 3.45 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Southeast U.S.
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
    • Geographic Orientation: Alabama
  • Library of Congress subjects Alabama - History - 1819-1950, Alabama - History - To 1819
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 93043412
  • Dewey Decimal Code 976.100

About the author

James Benson Sellers (1889-1964) served as Professor of History at The University of Alabama.

Harriet E. Amos Doss is Associate Professor of History at The University of Alabama at Birmingham.

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