Quotes by David Brion Davis, Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World

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We must face the ultimate contradiction that our free and democratic society was made possible by massive slave labor. — David Brion Davis, Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World
Thus the word "inhuman", in this book's title, refers to the unconscionable and unsuccessful goal of bestializing (in th — David Brion Davis, Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World
What matters is that Southern slaves, at least on the larger plantations, created their own African American culture, wh — David Brion Davis, Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World
What matters is that Southern slaves, at least on the larger plantations, created their own AfricanAmerican culture, whi — David Brion Davis, Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World
Much as slavery in the United States was part of a larger Atlantic Slave System, so America’s War of Independence was an — David Brion Davis, Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World
It was the mission of the Confederacy, ordinary whites were told, to carry out God’s design for an inferior and dependen — David Brion Davis, Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World
Some Southerners effectively applied slave labor to the cultivation of corn, grain, and hemp (for making rope and twine) — David Brion Davis, Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World
For Southerners, a white skin was the distinguishing badge of mind and intellect. Black skin was the sign that a given p — David Brion Davis, Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World