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LoC No.: 18018259

Title: The Impending Crisis of the South: How to Meet It

Note: Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Impending_Crisis_of_the_South

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Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was
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Summary: "The Impending Crisis of the South: How to Meet It" by Hinton Rowan Helper is a socio-political treatise written in the mid-19th century. The book addresses the economic inefficiencies and moral failures of slavery, particularly focusing on its detrimental effects on non-slaveholding whites in the Southern states. Helper seeks to incite a sense of urgency among his fellow Southerners to confront and abolish the institution of slavery, which he argues is the root cause of the region's stagnation and dependency on the North. The opening of the work sets the stage for Helper's argument by inviting Southern readers, especially non-slaveholders, to seek justice and rethink their allegiance to slavery. Helper emphasizes that his motivations are rooted not in personal grievances against slaveholders or racial sentiments, but in a desire for economic reform that would elevate the South to a more honorable position globally. He outlines his plan to provide factual comparisons between the productivity of free and slave states, showcasing how the latter has hindered economic growth and innovation. Helper acknowledges the personal risk involved in his candid assertions, but maintains that the pursuit of freedom and liberty requires a resolute stance against the institution of slavery. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Reading Level: Reading ease score: 53.1 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.

Author: Helper, Hinton Rowan, 1829-1909

EBook No.: 36055

Published: May 8, 2011

Downloads: 221

Language: English

Subject: Slavery -- United States

LoCC: History: America: Revolution to the Civil War (1783-1861)

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.

This edition has images.

LoC No.: 18018259

Title: The Impending Crisis of the South: How to Meet It

Note: Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Impending_Crisis_of_the_South

Credits: Produced by Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was
produced from images generously made available by The
Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Summary: "The Impending Crisis of the South: How to Meet It" by Hinton Rowan Helper is a socio-political treatise written in the mid-19th century. The book addresses the economic inefficiencies and moral failures of slavery, particularly focusing on its detrimental effects on non-slaveholding whites in the Southern states. Helper seeks to incite a sense of urgency among his fellow Southerners to confront and abolish the institution of slavery, which he argues is the root cause of the region's stagnation and dependency on the North. The opening of the work sets the stage for Helper's argument by inviting Southern readers, especially non-slaveholders, to seek justice and rethink their allegiance to slavery. Helper emphasizes that his motivations are rooted not in personal grievances against slaveholders or racial sentiments, but in a desire for economic reform that would elevate the South to a more honorable position globally. He outlines his plan to provide factual comparisons between the productivity of free and slave states, showcasing how the latter has hindered economic growth and innovation. Helper acknowledges the personal risk involved in his candid assertions, but maintains that the pursuit of freedom and liberty requires a resolute stance against the institution of slavery. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Reading Level: Reading ease score: 53.1 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.

Author: Helper, Hinton Rowan, 1829-1909

EBook No.: 36055

Published: May 8, 2011

Downloads: 221

Language: English

Subject: Slavery -- United States

LoCC: History: America: Revolution to the Civil War (1783-1861)

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.