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Defending Slavery: Proslavery Thought in the Old South: A Brief History with Documents (Bedford Series in History & Culture (Paperback)) (1st Edition) by University Paul Finkelman Paperback, 228 Pages, Published 2003 ISBN-10: 0-312-13327-8 / 0312133278 ISBN-13: 978-0-312-13327-6 / 9780312133276 Within decades of the American Revolution, the Northern states had either ended slavery or provided for its gradual abolition. Slavery, however, was entrenched in the South and remained integral to American politics and culture. Nationally, it was protected by the U.S. Constitution, federal laws, an |