Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Preface to the new edition
- Acknowledgments
- A note to the reader
- Chapter 1 What did freedom mean?
- Chapter 2 The legacy of slavery
- Chapter 3 The myth of the prostrate South
- Chapter 4 The demise of the plantation
- Chapter 5 Agricultural reconstruction
- Chapter 6 Financial reconstruction
- Chapter 7 The emergence of the merchants' territorial monopoly
- Chapter 8 The trap of debt peonage
- Chapter 9 The roots of southern poverty
- STATISTICAL APPENDIXES
- DATA APPENDIX
- Epilogue
- A Bibliography of Literature on the South after 1977
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
A note to the reader
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2013
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Preface to the new edition
- Acknowledgments
- A note to the reader
- Chapter 1 What did freedom mean?
- Chapter 2 The legacy of slavery
- Chapter 3 The myth of the prostrate South
- Chapter 4 The demise of the plantation
- Chapter 5 Agricultural reconstruction
- Chapter 6 Financial reconstruction
- Chapter 7 The emergence of the merchants' territorial monopoly
- Chapter 8 The trap of debt peonage
- Chapter 9 The roots of southern poverty
- STATISTICAL APPENDIXES
- DATA APPENDIX
- Epilogue
- A Bibliography of Literature on the South after 1977
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
One minor problem created by our frequent use of contemporary citations deserves a brief comment. Some of the quotations we have reproduced use expressions that reflect the racism of the times. They refer to individuals as “niggers” or “sambos.” Contemporary whites frequently ridiculed and exaggerated the black dialect or made light of the freedman's inexperience with (and presumed ignorance of) free society and the free economy. Moreover, the conclusion these contemporaries reached regarding black behavior were often based upon a blatantly racist outlook. In repeating these contemporary statements, we do not support either the style of presentation or the conclusions reached. However, we feel it is essential to quote these passages rather than to paraphrase them. Indeed, by presenting the quotations in their original form we hope to convey one of the ways in which racism permeated the outlook and thinking of nearly everyone at the time. We trust that modern readers will understand the importance of our point and not be offended by the passages in question.
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- One Kind of FreedomThe Economic Consequences of Emancipation, pp. xxvii - xxviiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2001