The Spread of Slavery and

The Crisis of Southern Society

1836–1848

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The Consolidation of Planters’ Power

Household Discord and Challenges from Below

"The Mulattoes one sees in every family exactly resemble the white children - and every lady tells you who is the father of all the Mulatto children in everybody's household, but those in her own she seems to think drop from the sky or pretends so to think."  

    - The Diary of Mary Boykin Chesnut

The Ties That Bind?: Religion and Slavery

Native and African American Resistance on the Frontier

Seminole Wars as Wars in Defense of Slavery

Alliance Black and White from Gangs of New York

Free Blacks Threaten Planters’ Control

New Frontiers and New Challenges for

Southern Slavery

Southern Whites Move Westward and Demand Rights

Ravages of the Internal Slave Trade

The Proslavery Movement's Ideological Defense of Slavery

Resistance to Industrialization and the Limits of Economic Diversification

Extending the Empire for Slavery

The Lure of New Territories to the South and West

The War with Mexico

Nation Divided Over War with Mexico

Nation Divided Over War with Mexico

Manifest Destiny and the Conflict over Slavery in the New Territories

Territorial Expansion and Political Turmoil