audiobook The Confederate Carpetbaggers by Daniel E. Sutherland in History

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In this exciting study; J. William Harris explores two great ironies of American history-the South's commitment to a liberty supported by slavery and its attempt to maintain the status quo with a war that undermined southern society. He examines why white southerners-most of whom did not own slaves-united in a long; bloody war to preserve the institution; arguing that slaveowners relied on an ideology of liberty; a potential for social mobility; and a web of personal relationships between classes to contain white class divisions and ensure control over the black population. The strains of war; Harris shows; dissolved these bonds of community and made Confederate victory impossible; forever changing southern society.