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Phillips, Ulrich B., 1877-1934 American negro slavery: a survey of the supply, employment and control of negro labor as determined by the plantation regime

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00267.084 Author/Creator: Phillips, Ulrich B., 1877-1934 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Book Date: 1918 Pagination: 529 p. ; 20 x 13.5 cm. Order a Copy

Published by D. Appleton and Co, New York, London. Once the definitive and apologetic account of slavery impeding innovation. Phillips was a Professor of American History at the University of Michigan.

Phillips, Ulrich Bonnell, 1877-1934

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