The South in Northern Eyes 1831 to 1861

How accurate was "informed opinion" in the North about conditions in the ante-bellum South? Whittier, Emerson, Thoreau, Longfellow, Bryant, Melville, Whitman and other literate Northerners wrote frequent, influential denunciations of white Southerners. Justified as was their moral attack on the institution of slavery, most of them knew precious little about the region they discussed so authoritatively or the people whom they excoriated.

Published 1958.

Binding of book is intact. Moderate shelfwear, foxing, some creasing and fraying on covers of book. Heavy tanning and foxing on edges of book. Heavy fraying and tearing on spine. Some foxing, creasing and fraying on insides of covers. Small tear on inside of front cover. Some foxing and fraying on top edge of certain pages.