1. The Historiography of Slavery

2. Ulrich B. Phillips American Negro Slavery (1918)
Paternalistic, benign institution
Happy slaves, good masters
Slavery not $$, but whites did it for blacks’ own good (paternalistic)

3. Herbert Aptheker American Negro Slave Revolts (1943)
Challenged Ulrich’s assumptions about childlike nature of blacks
Slaves were NOT submissive people without a culture – two words: Nat Turner!

4. Kenneth Stampp The Peculiar Institution (1956)
Slavery was harsh and abusive…but $$
Cruelty was a common aspect of coercing work
Not much of a culture because there was no time/space
Slaves resisted most in “little” ways

5. Stanley Elkins Slavery (1959) Psych/cultural impact of slavery
Brutality of slavery similar to Holocaust
Black families were destroyed by slavery
Separation
Strict legal codes
Sexual exploitation
Sambo created by slavery

6. Eugene Genovese Roll, Jordan, Roll: The World Slaves Made (1976)
Slavery was a southern way of life
Afr-Ams used passive resistance to control their lives, develop culture and remain “independent”
Slavery was paternalistic and brutal

7. Ira Berlin Generations of Captivity (2002)
Slavery evolved and was different during different times and in different places