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Lieber, Francis, 1800-1872 Slavery, plantations, and the yeomanry

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01265.02 Author/Creator: Lieber, Francis, 1800-1872 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Pamphlet Date: circa 1863 Pagination: 8 p. : Height: 22 cm, Width: 14 cm Order a Copy

Pamphlet No. 29 in a series published by the Loyal Publication Society of New York. Basing his argument on Joseph Kay's work "Social Condition and Education of the people of England," Francis Lieber compares the downfall of the English yeomanry class to the downfall of the small farmer in the southern states. Argues that slavery is only useful for the cultivation of simple staple crops on a large scale and therefore has caused the decline of the small farmer.

Lieber, Francis, 1800-1872
Kay, Joseph, 1821-1878

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