America's Longest Siege: Charleston, Slavery, and the Slow March Toward Civil War

America's Longest Siege: Charleston, Slavery, and the Slow March Toward Civil War

by Joseph Kelly
America's Longest Siege: Charleston, Slavery, and the Slow March Toward Civil War

America's Longest Siege: Charleston, Slavery, and the Slow March Toward Civil War

by Joseph Kelly

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Overview

“[A] vivid and engrossing study of slavery in and around one of its trading hubs, Charleston, SC . . . an important contribution to Southern antebellum history.” —Library Journal

In America’s Longest Siege, historian Joseph Kelly captures the toxic mix of nationalism, paternalism, and wealth that made Charleston the center of the nationwide debate over slavery and the tragic act of secession that doomed both the city and the South.

Thoroughly researched and compulsively readable, America’s Longest Siege offers a new take on the Civil War and the culture that made it inevitable.

“Lays bare the decades-long campaign of rationalization and intimidation that revivified and reinforced the institution of slavery and dragged the United States into disunion and civil war . . . this masterful study is a timely and important reminder of the consequences that result when ideological extremists succeed in drowning out the voices of reason.” —Peter Quinn, author of Hour of the Cat

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781468310252
Publisher: ABRAMS, Inc.
Publication date: 08/16/2022
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 464
Sales rank: 573,092
File size: 6 MB
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Joseph Kelly is a professor of literature at the College of Charleston and a member of the American Studies Association. He lives in Charleston, South Carolina.

Table of Contents

Introduction 7

1 The Stono Rebellion 19

2 The Good Slave Trader 41

3 We the Petty Tyrants 61

4 We the Aristocrats 91

5 The Denmark Vesey Rebellion 132

6 The First Secession 170

7 The Police State 204

8 The Lost Generation 230

9 War 269

Conclusion 313

Notes 322

Bibliography 359

Index 376

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 “Original and illuminating . . . This thoughtful and rewarding study should be taken seriously by scholars and enjoyed by general readers. It is an essential contribution to American history.” —Orville Vernon Burton, author of The Age of Lincoln

“A tenacious chronicle of the pernicious construction of South Carolina’s slave-driven political orthodoxy.”—Kirkus Reviews

“An important contribution to Southern antebellum history . . . Highly recommended.” —Library Journal
 
“Vividly and accurately portrays Charleston as ‘ground zero’ in America’s long struggle over slavery.”—Robert N. Rosen, author of Confederate Charleston and A Short History of Charleston

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